Catch results of the Dutch Greenland commandeur A. Ravesteyn according to the Dutch newspaper Opregte Leydse courant dated 24 July 1702

An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands 23 July reported the arrival at Hamburg, Germany on 16 July of the German Greenland whaler Neptunis commandeur Jan Voz 11 whales 400 quardelen who left the ice on the 16th June and the 23rd Greenland on 77.45 degrees. He brought with him a list with catch results of the Dutch Greenland commandeur A. Ravesteyn 7-8 whales.(1)

Note

1. Abraham Ravestyn, Greenland commandeur between 1700-1733, 1702 for Bartholomeus van Halen, Amsterdam, 15 whales 520 barrels blubber.

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 note until 1794.

People in the 17th and 18th centuries held a different geographical view than people today. This means that when we speak of “Greenland whaling”, “the term “Greenland” actually refers to Svalbard, whereas “Davis Strait” refers to whaling off the coast of present-day Greenland. The Davis Strait is a southern arm of the Arctic Ocean that lies north of the Labrador Sea.