Dutch Greenland commandeur Adriaan Pietersz Backer returned home according to the Dutch newspaper Oprechte Haerlemsche courant dated 19 October 1748

An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands 18 October reported the arrival at Texel, Netherlands on 16 October of the Dutch Greenland commandeur Adriaan P. Bakker 0,5 whale 15 quardelen.(1)

Note

1. Adriaan Pietersz Backer, Greenland commandeur 1723-1753, 1748 for Barent Lubeley, Amsterdam, 0.5 whale 15 barrels blubber 25 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