Dutch Greenland commandeur Pieter Gerrits van Embden returned home according to the Dutch newspaper Oprechte Haerlemsche courant dated 17 August 1719

 

An item reported the arrival on the river Maas, Netherlands of Pieter Gerrits van Embden (1) returning from Greenland.(1)

Note

1. Commandeur between 1711-1735, in 1719 for Jacob Beyerman, Rotterdam, Netherlands 6,5 whale 210 barrels blubber. 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.