Dutch Greenland whaler ’t Land van Beloften returned according to the Dutch newspaper Middelburgsche Courant dated 12 September 1758

Rijksmuseum Amsterdam Netherlands

Whaler in nice weather stuck in the ice circa 1725

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

An item reported the arrival at Texel, Netherlands on 3 September of the Dutch whaler ‘t Land van Beloften, commandeur Cornelis Dek with 1 whale 70 quardelen blubber returning from Greenland.(1)  

Note

1. Cornelis Deck, commandeur between 1751-1758, in 1758 for Jan Boon de Jonge, De Rijp, Netherlands 0,5 whale-25 barrels blubber-31 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.