Dutch Greenland commandeur Marten Martensz de Wit returned home according to the Dutch newspaper Oprechte Haerlemsche courant dated 15 July 1749

An item dated Amsterdam, Netherlands 14 July reported the arrival on 13 July of the Dutch Greenland commandeur Marten M. de Wit 12 whales 390 quardelen.(1)

Note

1. Marten Martensz de Wit, Greenland commandeur for Joan Adriaan en Pieter van Halen, Amsterdam between 1747-1772, total catch results 142 1/2 whale-4,765 barrels blubber-7,232 quardelen whale oil, in 1749 12 whales-390 barrels blubber-589 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.