Dutch Greenland commandeur Pieter Gerretsz van Embden returned according to the Dutch newspaper Amsterdamse courant dated 4 September 1721

 

An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands 3 September reported the arrival at Goeree, Netherlands of the Dutch commandeur Pieter Gerritsz van Embden with 3 whales 100 quardelen returning from Greenland.(1)

Note

1. Commandeur between 1711-1735, in 1721 for Jacob Beyerman, Rotterdam, 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.