An item dated Hamburg, Germany 31 July reported the arrival 2 days earlier of commandeur Matthijs Claesz returning from Greenland with 4 whales 23-240 barrels leaving 26 June. His ship was the Sara.
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.
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