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Showing posts with label Bayonne. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bayonne. Show all posts

Sunday, 1 January 2023

French privateer departed towards the Greenland whaling grounds according to the Dutch newspaper Amsterdamse courant dated 1 June 1702

An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands 31 May reported that a French privateer armed with 30 guns and a large crew left Bayonne, France destined for Greenland. 

Thursday, 3 June 2021

French Greenland whalers returning to Bayonne, France according to the Dutch newspaper Oprechte Haerlemsche courant dated 28 October 1688

An item reported the arrival at Bajoene [Bayonne, France] of several Greenland whalers. The large ship [Turbide[ grounded while entering and sunk. There was still hope to salvage the oil and whale bone.