Talk:Noordsche Compagnie

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This article was translated from the Dutch Wikipedia.Taksen (talk) 08:36, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Citation needed for Noordsche Compagnie page.
Hi. Nice work on the page you just created. I never got around to making a page for the Noordsche Compagnie. I was wondering if you could tell me what your source was for the following:

"Willem Cornelisz. van Muyden, a resident of Amsterdam, was one of the first captains to set sail for the company. On board there were five French Basques and an English navigator, Alan Sallows. The remaining crew came from North-Holland."

I added the tidpit about Sallows. I assume you were referring to the expedition sent to Spitsbergen in 1612? As that was the only year I know of where they had to use an English pilot. I'd like to know, in particular, where you obtained the information on the five French Basques used for the expedition? I had only known of Basque whalers being used for the 1613 expedition to Spitsbergen (in which they shipped a dozen), but I thought they didn't have any on their first hunting expedition to Spitsbergen. Could you clear this up? Jonas Poole (talk) 02:25, 3 December 2009 (UTC)