Dutch Davis Strait commandeur Pieter Buys returned according to the Dutch newspaper Amsterdamse courant dated 31 July 1727

An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands 30 July 1727 reported that at Texel arrived Pieter Buys with 7 whales and 350 quardelen returning from Davis Strait.(1)

Note

1. Commandeur between 17265-1740 for Leendert en Pieter Scheltus, Amsterdam, Netherlands. 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.