Catch results of the Dutch Greenland commandeur Aadriaan Pietersz Bakker according to the Dutch newspaper Oprechte Haerlemsche courant dated 6 July 1747

An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands 5 July reported that according to a list the catch results of the Dutch Greenland commandeur A.P. Bakker were 2 whales. Auke Harmsz who brought the list with him left on 19 June Greenland.(1)

Note

1. Adriaan Pietersz Backer, Greenland commandeur between 1723-1753, in 1747 for Barent Lubely, Amsterdam 5 9/10 whale 200 barrels blubber 348 quardelen whale 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.