Willem Barentsz (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʋɪləm ˈbaːrənts]; c. 1550 – 20 June 1597), anglicized as William Barents or Barentz, was a Dutch navigator, cartographer...

the current name of the sea is after the historical Dutch navigator Willem Barentsz. The Barents Sea is a rather shallow shelf sea with an average depth...

Willem Barentsz, who in 1596 described the "pointed mountains" or, in Dutch, spitse bergen that he saw on the west coast of the main island. Barentsz...

Maritime Institute Willem Barentsz (MIWB, Dutch: Maritiem Instituut Willem Barentsz) is an educational institution located on Terschelling, one of the...

early historical figure in Canada. On 5 June 1594, Dutch cartographer Willem Barentsz departed from Texel in a fleet of three ships to enter the Kara Sea...

island has many glaciers, mountains and fjords. The Dutch navigator Willem Barentsz gave Spitsbergen its name when he discovered it in 1596. The name Spitsbergen...

a Western European was by Hugh Willoughby in 1553. Dutch explorer Willem Barentsz reached the west coast of Novaya Zemlya in 1594, and in a subsequent...

Strait–Baffin Bay region and reach Upernavik 1594: Dutch expedition led by Willem Barentsz, Cornelis Nay and Brandt Tetgales reaches the Kara Sea via Yugorsky...

and the North Cape. Bear Island was discovered by Dutch explorers Willem Barentsz and Jacob van Heemskerck on 10 June 1596. It was named after a polar...

first Dutch feature film in 3D. The film describes the last journey of Willem Barentsz and Jacob van Heemskerk through 1596–1597 when they and their crew...

discovered. The most notable was the 1596 expedition led by Dutch navigator Willem Barentsz, who discovered Spitsbergen and Bear Island, and rounded the north...

company renamed its settlement Barentsburg after the Dutch explorer Willem Barentsz. In 1932 the company sold the mine, including its settlement Barentsburg...

The polar archipelago of Svalbard was first discovered by Willem Barentsz in 1596, although there is disputed evidence of use by Pomors or Norsemen. Whaling...

Linschoten sailed from Texel in the expedition headed by Dutch cartographer Willem Barentsz. The fleet of three ships was to enter the Kara Sea, with the hopes...

the Falkland Islands. 1595 – Mendaña discovers the Marquesas. 1596 – Willem Barentsz discovers Spitsbergen. 1600–01 – Prince Miron Shakhovskoi and D. Khripunov...

their existence). Gerardus Mercator included them on his 1595 map. Willem Barentsz found no sign of Willoughby's discoveries and omitted them from his...

discovered in 1596 by Jan Cornelisz Rijp during the third expedition by Willem Barentsz, trying to find the Northeast Passage. Later, in 1613, its name was...

saved remainder of Willem Barentsz's crew in 1597 Jakob Roggeveen (1659–1729), First European to reach Easter Island Easter 1722 Willem Schouten (1567–1625)...

century was Terschelling again united as one entity. The Dutch navigator Willem Barentsz was born on Terschelling around 1550. In 1666 West-Terschelling was...

India. Most notable is the 1596 expedition led by Dutch navigator Willem Barentsz who discovered Spitsbergen and Bear Island. Fearing English and Dutch...

1594, Dutch explorer Willem Barentsz discovered the Orange Islands, at the northern extremity of Nova Zembla. On 10 June 1596, Barentsz and Dutchman Jacob...

observation on Novaya Zemlya during the third polar expedition led by Willem Barentsz in 1596/97, when the Sun was seen above the horizon "in his full roundness"...

game of "Kolf" played with a "bat" and "sach". In 1597, the crew of Willem Barentsz played "colf" during their stay at Nova Zembla, as recorded by Gerrit...

North Pole, New York Polaris Poles of astronomical bodies South Pole Willem Barentsz Data is from a Greenlandic weather station at 83°38′N 033°22′W / 83...

Portuguese 15th Western Sahara Jeanne Baré French 18th/19th Pacific Ocean Willem Barentsz Dutch 16th Northeast Passage, Novaya Zemlya, Svalbard Heinrich Barth...

(Football Coach) Mies Bouwman (1929–2018) (Television personality) Willem Barentsz (Explorer) (c.1550–1597) Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis (1846–1919) (Politician)...

known for the 1871 discovery of the lodge of Willem Barentsz, which had stood for 270 years since Barentsz sheltered there on his third and final voyage...

 1570–c. 1613) was a Dutch mariner best known for his involvement with Willem Barentsz in finding a route to the East, avoiding the Spanish and the Portuguese...

Novaya Zemlya, Cape Flissingsky was named after the city in 1596 by Willem Barentsz. Vlissingen was historically called "Flushing" in English. In the 17th...

(1603–1659), the first European to discover New Zealand, Tasmania and Fiji Willem Barentsz (c. 1550–1597), explorer of the Arctic Cornelis de Houtman (1565–1599)...