An item mentioned that ship brokers J. de Flienes, V. de Vries, T, Beth Ysbrandsz, A. Kramp, D. des Ruelles de Jonge and H. Moens sold at Nieuwezyds Heeren Logement at Amsterdam, Netherlands on Monday 21 September 1767 the fluytship Jan Adriaan and whaling tools of commandeur Marten Martense de Wit, built in 1746, length 114 feet, lying at Amsterdam with 6-7 boats returning from Greenland, results 3 whales, 85 barrels blubber, bookkeepers Joan Adriaan and Pieter van Halen, 1,000 guilders, stroke 300 guilders, G.van Sante.(1)
Note
1. Greenland commandeur between 1747-1771 for Joan Adriaan and Pieter van Halen, Amsterdam, 1767: 3 whales-85 barrels blubber-138 quardelen whale oil. 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.
Source
De Maandelyksche Nederlandsche Mercurius, Volume 22, September, Amsterdam, 1767.
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. It lies between mid-western Greenland and Baffin Island in Nunavut, Canada.
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