Dutch Greenland commandeur Gerrit Fykesz de Wit returned home according to the Dutch newspaper Oprechte Haerlemsche courant dated 8 October 1748

An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands 7 October reported the arrival on the 5th of the Dutch Greenland commandeur Gerrit F. de Wit 13 whales 130 quardelen.(1)

Note

1. Gerrit Fykesz de Wit, Greenland commandeur between 1748-1756, in 1748 for Jan Kramp, Amsterdam, Netherlands 13 whales 130 barrels blubber 240 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.