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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Barentz , Willem , 1594 - (search)
Barentz, Willem, 1594-
Navigator; born in Holland; commanded exploring expeditions to Nova Zembla and Spitzbergen in 1594-97.
His first expedition was an attempt to find a passage through the Arctic Ocean to China, in which he reached lat. 78° N. On his third and last expedition, in 1596-97, he reached lat. 80° 11′ N., and discovered Spitzbergen.
He died near Nova Zembla, June 20, 1597. Captain Carlsen, after a lapse of 274 years, found Barentz's winter quarters undisturbed in 1871; and some of the navigator's journals were recovered in 1
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Northeastern passage to India . (search)