THE STORY OF WILLEM BARENTSZ ON NOVAYA ZEMLYA
ᴼ, ᴴᵉᵉʳ ᴿᵉᵈ ᴼⁿˢ ₁₉₄₀₋₁₉₄₅, (₁₉₄₈). ᴬʳᵗⁱˢᵗ: ᴴᵉⁿᵏ ᴱᵗⁱᵉⁿⁿᵉ (₁₈₉₅₋₁₉₆₈). 𝒮ᵒᵘʳᶜᵉ: ᵒʷⁿ ʷᵒʳᵏ. ᵀʰⁱˢ ᶠⁱˡᵉ ⁱˢ ˡⁱᶜᵉⁿˢᵉᵈ ᵘⁿᵈᵉʳ ᵃ cʳᵉᵃᵗⁱᵛᵉ cᵒᵐᵐᵒⁿˢ ᴬᵗᵗʳⁱᵇᵘᵗⁱᵒⁿ⁻𝒮ʰᵃʳᵉ ᴬˡⁱᵏᵉ ⁴.⁰. ᴵⁿᵗᵉʳⁿᵃᵗⁱᵒⁿᵃˡ ˡⁱᶜᵉⁿˢᵉ. Willem Barentsz a Dutch navigator, explorer and cartographer; short for “Barents zoon,” meaning Barents son, was born around 1550 on the island Terschelling in the Netherlands. In the 16th century he was navigator of three early expeditions to the North Pole. He sailed to Spain and the Mediterranean to complete an atlas of this region. He published this atlas with his comrad Petrus Plancius. The Barents Sea was formerly known as “Murmanskoye More” or the “Sea of Murmans” (Norwegians). Even the Dutch Cornelis Roule sailed over the Barents Sea to reach the islands in 1675. Sailors call this part of the ocean “The Devil’s Dance Floor” due to its unpredictability, rapid currents, freezing weather and dangerous ice floes. On his first adventure Willem Barentsz sailed all the way with three vessels to the West Coast of Novaya Zemlya. The goal of his journey was to find a passage to Asia for trading purposes with China. In 1594 they discovered the Orange Islands. The next year Prince Maurice of Orange was destined to discover more of the islands and planned a new expedition also led by Barentsz. The crew sailed with six ships and a cargo of goods for trade with China between the Siberian Coast and Vaygach Island. A bit further they found out that the Kara Sea was frozen. They returned without finding many crystals or Chinese people.
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ᴼ, ᴴᵉᵉʳ ᴿᵉᵈ ᴼⁿˢ ₁₉₄₀₋₁₉₄₅, (₁₉₄₈). ᴬʳᵗⁱˢᵗ: ᴴᵉⁿᵏ ᴱᵗⁱᵉⁿⁿᵉ (₁₈₉₅₋₁₉₆₈). 𝒮ᵒᵘʳᶜᵉ: ᵒʷⁿ ʷᵒʳᵏ. ᵀʰⁱˢ ᶠⁱˡᵉ ⁱˢ ˡⁱᶜᵉⁿˢᵉᵈ ᵘⁿᵈᵉʳ ᵃ cʳᵉᵃᵗⁱᵛᵉ cᵒᵐᵐᵒⁿˢ ᴬᵗᵗʳⁱᵇᵘᵗⁱᵒⁿ⁻𝒮ʰᵃʳᵉ ᴬˡⁱᵏᵉ ⁴.⁰. ᴵⁿᵗᵉʳⁿᵃᵗⁱᵒⁿᵃˡ ˡⁱᶜᵉⁿˢᵉ. Willem Barentsz a Dutch navigator, explorer and cartographer; short for “Barents zoon,” meaning Barents son, was born around 1550 on the island Terschelling in the Netherlands. In the 16th century he was navigator of three early expeditions to the North Pole. He sailed to Spain and the Mediterranean to complete an atlas of this region. He published this atlas with his comrad Petrus Plancius. The Barents Sea was formerly known as “Murmanskoye More” or the “Sea of Murmans” (Norwegians). Even the Dutch Cornelis Roule sailed over the Barents Sea to reach the islands in 1675. Sailors call this part of the ocean “The Devil’s Dance Floor” due to its unpredictability, rapid currents, freezing weather and dangerous ice floes. On his first adventure Willem Barentsz sailed all the way with three vessels to the West Coast of Novaya Zemlya. The goal of his journey was to find a passage to Asia for trading purposes with China. In 1594 they discovered the Orange Islands. The next year Prince Maurice of Orange was destined to discover more of the islands and planned a new expedition also led by Barentsz. The crew sailed with six ships and a cargo of goods for trade with China between the Siberian Coast and Vaygach Island. A bit further they found out that the Kara Sea was frozen. They returned without finding many crystals or Chinese people.
