Dutch Greenland commandeur Pieter Gerretsz van Embden returned home according to the Dutch newspaper Leydse courant dated 4 August 1724

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

An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands 3 August reported the on the Maas arrived Pieter Gerr. with 1 whale 30 quardelen returning from Greenland, at the time of their departure left the most of the ships the ice.(1)

Note

1. Pieter Gerretsz van Embden, commandeur between 1711-1735, in 1724 for weduwe Jacob Beyerman, Rotterdam, Netherlands 1 whale 40 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.