Willem Barentsz

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title: Willem Barentsz
text: Willem Barentsz, anglicized as William Barents or Barentz, was a Dutch navigator, cartographer, and Arctic explorer. Barentsz went on three expeditions to the far north in search for a Northeast passage. He reached as far as Novaya Zemlya and the Kara Sea in his first two voyages, but was turned back on both occasions by ice. During a third expedition, the crew discovered Spitsbergen and Bear Island, but subsequently became stranded on Novaya Zemlya for almost a year. Barentsz died on the return
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description: Dutch navigator, cartographer, and Arctic explorer (c. 1550 – 1597)
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date created: 2002-07-01T18:57:03Z
date modified: 2024-09-06T11:54:59Z
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