Svalbard - Amsterdam Island - Smeerenburg (Blubbertown) then and now
Whale-Oil Factory of the Amsterdam Chamber of the Northern Company at Smeerenburg, by Cornelis de Man, 1639 (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam)
Note: the artist borrowed the mountains on the left from another location
Site of Smeerenburg, Amsterdamoya, recent photo.
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