The three voyages of William Barentz to the Arctic regions, (1594, 1595, and 1596) . - ——— • .—_ ___. i totUwa w* * THE True and perfect De-scription of three Voy- ages, so strange and woonderfull, that the like hath neuer been heard of before : Done and performed three yeares, one after the other, by the Ships of Holland and Zeland, on the North sides of Norway, Musconia, and Tart aria, towards the Kingdomes of Cathaia & China; shewing the discouerie of the Straights of Weigates, Noiia Zembla, and the Countrie lying vnder 80. degrees ; which is thought to be Greenland: where neuer any man had
The three voyages of William Barentz to the Arctic regions, (1594, 1595, and 1596) . - ——— • .—_ ___. i totUwa w* * THE True and perfect De-scription of three Voy- ages, so strange and woonderfull, that the like hath neuer been heard of before : Done and performed three yeares, one after the other, by the Ships of Holland and Zeland, on the North sides of Norway, Musconia, and Tart aria, towards the Kingdomes of Cathaia & China; shewing the discouerie of the Straights of Weigates, Noiia Zembla, and the Countrie lying vnder 80. degrees ; which is thought to be Greenland: where neuer any man had bin before : with the cruell Beares, and other Monsters of the Sea, and the vnsupport- able and extreame cold that is found to be in those places. And how that in the last Voyage, the Shippe was so inclosed by the Ice, that it was left there, whereby the men were forced to build a house in the cold and desart Countrie of Nona Zembla, wherin they continued 10. monthes togeather, and neuer saw nor heard of any man, in most great cold and extreame miserie ; and how after that, to saue their hue
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