New Zembla, Anonymous, 1615 - 1650 print Leaf with four copies to the original illustrations in the travel report of the journey of Willem Barendsz and Jacob van Heemskerck in 1596-1597 and the stay on the island of Nova Zembla. Numbered 1 to 4. At the top left (1): Shooting the polar bear who had attacked two sailors, September 6, 1595. In the background the ships off the coast. Bottom left (2): Shooting and skinning of a polar bear at the Retail Huys, 12 February 1597. Top right (3): the ship stuck and lifted by the ice, 27 August - 1 September 1596. The crew brings the sloop and provisions
New Zembla, Anonymous, 1615 - 1650 print Leaf with four copies to the original illustrations in the travel report of the journey of Willem Barendsz and Jacob van Heemskerck in 1596-1597 and the stay on the island of Nova Zembla. Numbered 1 to 4. At the top left (1): Shooting the polar bear who had attacked two sailors, September 6, 1595. In the background the ships off the coast. Bottom left (2): Shooting and skinning of a polar bear at the Retail Huys, 12 February 1597. Top right (3): the ship stuck and lifted by the ice, 27 August - 1 September 1596. The crew brings the sloop and provisions ashore land . At the bottom right (4): The sloop crushed by the sliding ice is unloaded again, July 1, 1597. Northern Netherlands paper engraving shipwreck. ice ~ freezing weather. beasts of prey, predatory animals: polar bear Nova Zembla. Saving Huys
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