Catch results of the Dutch Davis Strait whalers in 1764

An item reported that in 1764 40 whalers were bound for Davis Strait, namely 23 of Amsterdam, 8 of Zaandam, 2 of De Koog, 2 of Zaandijk, 2 of Krommenie, 1 of Oost Zaandam and 2 of Hamburg. Last two ships were already with five Dutch ships at sea. A second item reported that all whalers returned home with as results Amsterdam 14 1.2 whale, 747 quardelen, Zaandam 9 1/2 whale, 533 quardelen, De Koog 2 whales 92 quardelen, Oostzaan 2 1/2 whale 128 quardelen and Krommenie 2 1.2 whale 130 quardelen blubber.

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.

Source

De Maandelyksche Nederlandsche Mercurius, January-June, Amsterdam, 1764. 

1/32 Part in the whaling tools of Dutch Greenland commandeur Weyert Melsert Bott sold on an auction at Amsterdam, Netherlands on 21 March 1768

Commandeur Meyer Melberse Both. Bound for Greenland with a hired ship [the Disco] with 6-7 boats. Left for Greenland on 17 April 1768, returned on 10 August with 3 whales 60 quardelen blubber although is stated ‘lost’? (1). Director Cornelis Welbo(e)ren, Zaandam, Netherlands. Bought for 5 guilders, at stroke 9 guilders by the widow Siewert van Mayzik.(2)

Notes

1. The Dutch newspaper Oprechte Haerlemsche Courant dated 19 December 1769 announced the sale of several ships lying at the shipyard De Noordkaap, Oostzaandam, Netherlands including the hull of the 2-decks fluyt ship Disco, dimensions 111 x 29 1/2 x 12 1/2 x 7 (deck) feet, built in 1762 being a Greenland whaler.

2. Museumshaus4 calls him Weyert Melcherst Bot and stated that he between 1742-1768 26 voyages as commandeur made, between 1742-1748 for director Mentet Haykens of Emden, Germany and since 1750 for Dutch directors at Zaandam and Amsterdam.

Sources

De Maandelykse Nederlandsche Mercurius, 1768.

List of Dutch and German Greenland whalers in 1756.

Heimatverein-Borkum, Museumshaus4.

Ulsamer, Gregor. Borkumer auf Walfang. Nach den Logbüchern des Commandeurs Roelof Olferts Meeuw. 

Dutch whaler de Vrije Gunst for sale according to the Dutch newspaper Haerlemse courante dated 20 October 1767

An announcement reported the auction on Satruday 31 October 1767 in the inn de Oude Prins, Oostzaandam, Neerlands of the fluyt de Vrije Gunst of which was commandeur Arent Claasz Boey