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Portion of 1598 map of Arctic exploration by Willem Barentsz. Spitsbergen, here mapped for the first time, is indicated as "Het Nieuwe Land" (Dutch for "the New Land"), center-left.
Date
1598, misdated to 1599 for no stated reason but possibly a 2nd edition or reprint
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Northern Lights Route project at the University Library of Tromsø, from an original print based on Barentsz's charts
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Original charts by Willem Barentsz, drawn by Cornelis Claesz, engraved by Baptista van Doetecum
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