Dutch Greenland commandeur Cornelis Eelmerz Blank returned home according to the Dutch newspaper Amsterdamse courant dated 8 August 1722

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An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands 5 August reported the arrival at Texel, Netherlands of the Dutch commandeur C.E. Blank 7,5 whale 250 quardelen returning from Greenland.(1_

Note

1. Cornelis Eelmersz Blank, commandeur for Van Taarlink, Amsterdam, Netherlands between 1717-1728. 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