ZAANSTAD.-Old Dutch whaling town a. (From about 1630-1803).                         Vieja cuidad ballenera Holandesa (Desde 1630-1803 aprox.)

Attached the beginning of a contract from a Basque whaler with a Dutch whale ship owner dated 1616.

 A number of contracts were publised in 1898 by Prof. Dr. G.W. Kernkamp, a Dutch historian.