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.
The book in which the contracts are printed is in such a bad state that it is impossible to make more copies.
This is a so called "pen painting" with black ink on a white background by Adriaen Salm 1657-1720. This is a very difficult technique but very accurate.
Adriaen Salm lived in the small whaling town Delfshaven now part of Rotterdam.
The picture mentions Abraham but should be Adriaen.
Now-a-days Salm's paintings are highly in demand by whaling museums all over the world.
Historia de los Países Bajos Holanda
