Dutch Greenland commandeur Klaes Pranger de Jonge returned home according to the Dutch newspaper Amsterdamse courant dated 22 July 1721

Rijksmuseum Amsterdam Netherlands

Harpooned whale trying to escape

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

An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands 21 July reported that at Texel, Netherlands arrived Klaes Pranger de Jonge returning from Greenland.(1)

Note

1. Commandeur between 1715-1724, in 1721 for Jan Mol, Zaandam, Netherlands 2 whales 100 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