Dutch Greenland commandeur Evert Pietersz Backer returned home according to the Dutch newspaper Oprechte Haerlemsche courant dated 22 August 1747

Johan Noman, 1806 - 1830. Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Netherlands

An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands 21 August reported the arrival off ’s Lands Diep, Netherlands on 20 August of Evert P. Bakker 8 whales returning from Greenland.

Note

1. Evert Pietersz Backer, Greenland commandeur between 1747-1758 for Mattheus David de Neufville, Amsterdam, Netherlands 7 whales 202 barrels blubber 366 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.