Dutch Davis Strait commandeur Dirk Gerrits Swart returned home according to the Dutch newspaper according to the Dutch newspaper Oprechte Nederlandsche courant dated 4 August 1787

An item dated Tuesday 31 July reporting the arrival of the Dutch whaler Amerika commandeur Dirk Gerrit Swart (1) 7 whales 280 quardelen returning from Davis Strait.

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1. Commandeur between 1784-1791, in 1787 for widow Cornelis Meijn&zoon, Koog aan de Zaan, Netherlands 7 whales 280 barrels blubber 434 quardelen oil. 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.