Dutch Greenland commandeur Pieter Jacobsz Baars returned home according to the Dutch newspaper Oprechte Haerlemsche courant dated 22 July 1747

An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands 21 July reported the arrival on 19 July at Texel, Netherlands of commandeur Pieter Baars with 11 whales 360 quardelen returning from Greenland.(1)

Note

1. Pieter Jacobsz Baars, Greenland commandeur between 1741-1755, in 1747 for Cornelis Ploeger de Jonge, Jisp, Netherlands 11 whales 360 barrels blubber 587 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.