Smeerenburg was a whaling settlement on Amsterdam Island in northwest Svalbard. It was founded by the Danish and Dutch in 1619 as one of Europe's northernmost...
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Settlements Jan Mayen Smeerenburg...
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Engelskbukta Gravneset Gåshamna Grumant Hiorthhamn Lægerneset Port Louis Smeerenburg Ytre Norskøya Sveagruva Note: some cities are abandoned Olonkinbyen Puppebu...
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"Smeerenburg". A whale (left foreground) is being flensed. Painting by Cornelis de Man (1639)....
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the fjords to the south. The Danish–Dutch settlement came to be called Smeerenburg, which would become the centre of operations for the latter in the first...
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no agreement about sovereignty. Whaling stations, the largest being Smeerenburg, were built during the 17th century, but gradually whaling decreased...
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Settlements Jan Mayen Smeerenburg...
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