Departure of Dutch Greenland whalers from Texel according to the Dutch newspaper Middelburgsche Courant dated 14 April 1759
Texel, 8 April. Departed 6 April towards Greenland with a South East wind the Vrouw Maria, commandeur Teunis Swemmer, Wyk op Veur, commandeur Pieter Dirksz and the Ondervinding, commandeur Fedde Jacobsz.