This cross-section of Willen Barents' Arctic winter camp is from Gerald de Veer's 1598 account of Barents' three voyages.

This cross-section of  Willen Barents'  Arctic winter camp  is from Gerald de Veer's 1598  account of Barents'  three voyages. Stock Photo
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4948 x 3789 px | 41.9 x 32.1 cm | 16.5 x 12.6 inches | 300dpi

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Willem Barents (also Barentsz), who died 1597, was a Dutch navigator, noted for his exploration of and accuracy of his charts as he searched for the Northwest Passage across the Arctic. This illustration shows a cross-section of Barents' winter camp and is taken from the account of Barents' three voyages (1594-1597) by Dutch writer Gerald de Veer, which was published in 1598. Barents died of illness on the third voyage.