Dutch Greenland whaler ’t Wapen van Haarlem departed towards Greenland according to the Dutch newspaper Middelburgsche courant dated 26 April 1758

An item reported the departure from Texel, Netherlands on 20 April of the Dutch Greenland whaler ’t Wapen van Haarlem commandeur Claas Leest towards Greenland. The edition 19 September 1758 reported the arrival at Texel, Netherlands on 12 September with 1 whale 24 quardelen returning from Greenland.  

Note

1. Klaas Klaasz Leest, commandeur between 1737-1761, in 1758 for Jan Arisz Visser, Westzaan, Netherlands also 34 quardelen whale oil. Alphabetische naam-lyst van alle de Groenlandsche en Straat-Davidsche Commandeurs die sedert het jaar 1700 op Groenland en sedert het jaar 1719 op de Straat Davis etc. Gerret van Sant. Published by Johannes Enschede, Amsterdam 1770, with hand written note until 1794.