Dutch Greenland whaler Catharina returned according to the Dutch newspaper Middelburgsche Courant dated 1 August 1758

An item reported the arrival at Texel, Netherlands on 26 July of the Dutch whaler Catharina, commandeur Cornelis Adriaansz with 4 whales 78 quardelen returning from Greenland. For a long time it was thought that he was lost with his ship.  

Note

1. Commandeur between 1749-1767, in 1758 for Cornelis Abrahamsz de Veer, Amsterdam, Netherlands, also 114 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.