Carte du Détroit de Waeigats, ou de Nassau.

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Carte du Détroit de Waeigats, ou de Nassau.

Map shows the south part of Vaygach Island in the Arctic Sea, the Yugorsky Strait and partly Russia. Sailing in the Arctic ocean, In June 1594, Linschoten sailed from Texel in the expedition headed by Dutch cartographer Willem Barentsz. Three ships intended to enter the Kara Sea, hoping to find the Northeast Passage above Siberia. Nearing Williams Island the crew for the first time encountered a polar bear. After enticing it on board the bear then rampaged and had to be killed. Barentsz approached the west coast of Nova Zembla and heading north, before being forced to turn back in due to danger from large icebergs. The following year they sailed again in a new expedition of six ships, loaded with merchant wares that they hoped to trade with China. The party came across Samoyed ;wild men; but eventually had to turn back when discovering the Kara Sea to be frozen. Linschoten was one of the two crew members to publish journals of the Barentsz expedition. From : Maps for Prevost's L'Histoire Générale des Voyages - 1747-61

ca. 1758

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Bellin