Ain Taha
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PhD Candidate #TheDutchGlobalAge | Faculty of Humanities @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social | Looking at #WaysofMaking in the Early Modern Material World - DutchxAsia
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In the 17th c., the Dutch Noordse Compagnie concentrated its hunting on Spitsbergen. Whaling was a dangerous business and filled with internal, as well as external conflicts. Dutch whaling only ended in 1964 with the sale of the factory ship Willem Barendsz II to Japan. [2/2]
February 16, 2025 at 8:04 PM
In the 17th c., the Dutch Noordse Compagnie concentrated its hunting on Spitsbergen. Whaling was a dangerous business and filled with internal, as well as external conflicts. Dutch whaling only ended in 1964 with the sale of the factory ship Willem Barendsz II to Japan. [2/2]