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Willem Barents
1550 – 1597 · aged 47
Dutch navigator, cartographer, and Arctic explorer (1550–1597)
- Born
- 1550 · Formerum
- Died
- 20 Jun 1597 · Novaya Zemlya
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- 1550BornBorn in Formerum
- 20 Jun 1597DiedDied in Novaya Zemlya
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Biography
Willem Barentsz (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʋɪləm ˈbaːrənts]; c. 1550 – 20 June 1597), anglicized as William Barents or Barentz, was a Dutch navigator, cartographer, and Arctic explorer.
Barentsz went on three expeditions to the far north in search for a Northeast passage. He reached as far as Novaya Zemlya and the Kara Sea in his first two voyages, but was turned back on both occasions by ice. During a third expedition, the crew discovered Spitsbergen and Bear Island, but subsequently became stranded on Novaya Zemlya for almost a year. Barentsz died on the return voyage in 1597.
The Barents Sea, among many other places, is named after him.
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