Dutch Greenland commandeur Willem Wiltschut returned home according to the Dutch newspaper Amsterdamse courant dated 31 July 1727

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An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands 30 July 1727 reported that on the Maas arrived Willem Wiltschut 1 whale 80 quardelen returning from Greenland.(1)

Note

1. Commandeur between 1721-1727 for Cornelis de Ruyter Paulisz, 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.