A Whale Oil Refinery at Smeerenburg, Svalbard

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Kim Martins
by Purchased by the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam with support of the Vereniging Rembrandt
published on 09 January 2022
A Whale Oil Refinery at Smeerenburg, Svalbard Download Full Size Image

The whale oil refinery of the Amsterdam chamber of the Greenland Company on Amsterdam Island off the coast of Spitsbergen. Oil on canvas, 1639.

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Rembrandt, P. b. t. R. A. w. s. o. t. V. (2022, January 09). A Whale Oil Refinery at Smeerenburg, Svalbard. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15096/a-whale-oil-refinery-at-smeerenburg-svalbard/

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