Dutch Greenland commandeur Pieter Pietersz returned home according to the Dutch newspaper Amsterdamse courant dated 30 August 1701

An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands 29 August reported the arrival on the Maas river, Netherlands of the Dutch Greenland commandeur Pieter Pietersz 12 whales. He stated that he left the ice with about 60 whalers but that many because of the strong wind stayed off Hitland [Shetland Isles].

Note

1. Pieter Pietersz Winter, Greenland commandeur 1700-1722, in 1701 for Willem Bastiaansz, Rotterdam, Netherlands 12 whales 350 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.