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The Three Voyages of William Barents: To the Arctic Regions (1594-1596)
The three voyages undertaken by the Dutch, towards the close of the sixteenth century, with a view to the discovery of a north-east passage to China, are deservedly placed among the most remarkable exploits of that enterprising nation; while the ten months’ residence of the adventurous seamen at the furthest extremity of the inhospitable region of Novaya Zemlya, within little more than fourteen degrees of the North Pole, and their homeward voyage of upwards of seventeen hundred geographical miles in two small open boats, are events full of romantic interest. The republication by the Hakluyt Society of the narrative of these three voyages, is most appropriate at this particular juncture, wh...
The Three Voyages of William Barents to the Arctic Regions, (1594, 1595, and 1596)
Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.
Icebound
Originally published in hardcover in 2021 by Scribner.
A True and Perfect Description of Three Voyages (1609)
Accounts of three early Dutch voyages seeking a Northeast Passage. English translation of Veer's Waerichtighe Beschrijvinghe van Drie Seylangien (1599); includes 32 illustrations from the Dutch edition. The Hakluyt edition contains 12 illustrations.
