Auction at the Nieuwezyds Heeren Loogement, Amsterdam, Netherlands on Monday 1 October 1759 at 18:00 o’clock of the Dutch whaler Geertruy en Susanna, extra ordinary well sailing fluyt, commandeur Dirk Willemsz, built in 1745, dimensions 112172 z 20 x 12.6, verdeck 6.7and stuurplecht 8.10 Amsterdam feet, lying in the Laag between the 2 Waals Boomen at the Oude Stads Herberg. Sold for 12.650 Dutch guilders to Volkert de Vries for his master.(1)
Note
1. Greenland commandeur for Anne Jacobsz and Volkert de Vries, Amsterdam, Netherlands between 1757-1761, total catch results 7 1/2 whale-239 barrels blubber-325 quardelen whale oil and in 1759 from them towards Davis Strait with as results zero.
Sources
Archief van de Burgemeesters: scheepsverkopingen door makelaars. Archive 5071 Gemeentearchief Amsterdam, Netherlands archive No. 5071, inventory number 22.
Alphabetische naam-lyst van alle de Groenlandsche en Straat-Davidsche Commandeurs die sedert het jaar 1700 op Groenland en sedert het jaar 1719 op de Straat Davis etc. Gerret van Sant. Published by Johannes Enschede, Amsterdam 1770, with hand written notes until 1794.
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