Barents
willem
[wil-uh m] /ˈwɪl əm/ (show ipa), died 1597, dutch navigator and explorer.
historical examples
it was not till 1871 that barents’ old winter quarters on nova zembla were discovered.
a book of discovery margaret bertha (m. b.) synge
barents sailed on along the coast in a northerly direction, and two days afterwards reached the lat-tude of 75° 54′ north.
the voyage of the vega round asia and europe, volume i and volume ii a.e. nordenskieold
this time he steered further east, between those islands and another group named by barents nova zembla.
days of the discoverers l. lamprey
the arctic voyages of barents were quickly followed by the establishment of dutch exploration, 16th-17th centuries.
encyclopaedia britannica, 11th edition, volume 11, slice 6 various
barents himself seems to have sat in the boat and watched them with intense anxiety.
a book of discovery margaret bertha (m. b.) synge
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