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Thursday 27 November 2014

American seal hunters successful at Terra Nova according to the Dutch newspaper Algemeen Handelsblad dated 27 July 1885

An item reported that the American seal hunting at Terra Nova that season had been very successful with the catch of an estimated number of 250.000 seals. The spring was very favourable and daily were huge numbers of seals catches around St. Jan especially by the smaller vessels.