Dutch Greenland commandeur Jacob van der Plas returned home according to the Dutch newspaper Amsterdamse courant dated 17 August 1720

Rijksmuseum Amsterdam Netherlands

Harpooned whale trying to escape

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

An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands 16 August reported the arrival at Texel of commandeur Jacob van der Plas 6 whales 160 quardelen returning from Greenland.(1)

Notes

1. Jacob Huygen van der Plas, commandeur between 1701-1727, in 1720 for Bartholomeus van Halen, 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.