Dutch Greenland commandeur Pieter Pietersz Winter captured by French according to the Dutch newspaper Amsterdamse courant dated 8 September 1703

An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands 7 September reported the recent arrival in the Vlie or at Texel of Dutch Greenland whalers. Leaving the ice they heard about the war with France and went not to the rendezvous but straight home. They were informed by other ships that the French captured the Dutch Greenland commandeur Pieter Winter who had to pay money to be released.

Notes

1. The Dutch Republic and France were enemies during the War of the Spanish Succession 1701-1713.

2. Pieter Pietersz Winter, Greenland commandeur 1700-1722, in 1703 for Willem Bastiaansz, Rotterdam, Netherlands. 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.