. Fight with polar bear, 11 and 12 June 1596. The crew in two sloops kills a polar bear. In the background the ships for bear island and in the air the sky phenomenon. Copies to the original illustrations in the travelogue of the journey of Willem Barendsz and Jacob van Heemskerck in 1596-1597 and the stay on the island of Nova Zembla, No. 8.

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