Dutch Greenland commandeur Jan Simonsz Backer returned home according to the Dutch newspaper Oprechte Haerlemsche courant dated 30 September 1747

An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands 29 September reported the arrival on 28 September at Texel, Netherlands of the Dutch Greenland commandeur J.Z. Bakker 1,5 whale 43 quardelen.(1)

Note

1. Jan Simonsz Backer, Greenland commandeur between 1738-1754, in 1747 for the widow  Hendrik ten Gelde and Dirk Jacob Betmer, Amsterdam, Netherlands 1,5 whale 46 barrels blubber 79 quardelen 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.