Willem Barents (d1597) Dutch navigator who led expeditions in search of the Northeast Passage. Barents' expedition in winter quarters off Novaya Zemlya. In the background is the livinging hut surrounded by shelters for stores. Engraving after Gerrit de Veer's account of Barents's voyages (1858).

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Willem Barents (d1597) Dutch navigator who led expeditions in search of the Northeast Passage. Barents' expedition in winter quarters off Novaya Zemlya. In the background is the livinging hut surrounded by shelters for stores. Engraving after Gerrit de Veer's account of Barents's voyages (1858).

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