Dutch Greenland commandeur Adriaan Adamsz Ooms returned home according to the Dutch newspaper Amsterdamse courant dated 14 August 1725

Rijksmuseum Amsterdam Netherlands

Harpooned whale trying to escape

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

An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands 13 August reported the arrival off Texel, Netherlands of the Dutch Greenland commandeur Ad. Ad. Ooms 1 whale 20 quardelen.

Note

1. Adriaan Adamsz Ooms, commandeur between 1709-1735, 1725 for Abraham van der Pot, Rotterdam, Netherlands 1 2/3 whale 65 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.