Willem Barents Searches for the Northeast Passage and Finds Svalbard Instead
Overview
The sixteenth century saw the rise of two new Western European powers, England and Holland, each of which had hope...
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Willem Barents
1550?-1597
Dutch Navigator
The name Willem Barents is almost as well known to Dutch children as Hans Brinker, hero of the famous finger-in-the-dyke folk story. Born around 1550, Barents...
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Willem Barents
Born c. 1550, Terschelling Island, The Netherlands Died June 20, 1597, Barents Sea
During the sixteenth century the great maritime powers of Spain and Portugal largely controlled the t...
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The Dutch navigator Willem Barents (died 1597) was his country's renowned Arctic explorer, having discovered Spitsbergen and the Barents Sea.Willem Barents was born on the island of Terschelling off t...
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Willem Barents Searches for the Northeast Passage and Finds Svalbard Instead
Willem Barents
Willem Barents