Arrival of the Dutch Greenland whaler Jan at Texel on 29 July according to the Dutch newspaper Middelburgsche Courant dated 5 August 1758

Rijksmusem Amsterdam Netherlands

Whaler lost in ice during a storm circa 1725

Adolf van der Laan after Sieuwert van der Meulen 1720-1730

An item dated Texel, Netherlands 31 July reported the arrival on 29 July of the Dutch whaler Jan, commandeur Dirk Driewes[z], 2 whales, 75 quardelen; coming from Greenland.  

Note

1. Commandeur between 1742-1780, in 1758 for Jacob Middelhoven, Zaandam, Netherlands also 111 quardelen whale 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.