Dutch Greenland whaler Europa returned according to the Dutch newspaper Middelburgsche Courant dated 30 September 1758

Rijksmuseum Amsterdam Netherlands

Harpooned whale dives circa 1725

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

An item reported the arrival at Texel, Netherlands on 24 September of the Dutch whaler Europa, commandeur Gerrit Leenderts Smit with 1 whale returning from Greenland.(1)  

Note

1. Commandeur between 1740-1765, in 1758 for Jan en Christiaan van Taarlink, Amsterdam, also 40 barrels blubber-57 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.