Dutch Greenland commandeur Klaas Bakker returned home according to the Dutch newspaper Amsterdamse courant dated Tuesday 11 September 1703

An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands 10 September reported the arrival last Friday at Texel, Netherlands escorted by the Dutch naval captains Zels, Schaep and Van den Bosch who picked up at sea the Dutch Greenland whaler Tempel Salomons commandeur Klaas Bakker 4 whales.

Notes

1. The Dutch Republic and France were enemies during the War of the Spanish Succession 1701-1713.

2. Greenland commandeur for Jan Danser, Amsterdam, Netherlands in 1703 whales 90 barrels blubber. 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.