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Description 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
Source Northern Lights Route project at the University Library of Tromsø, from an original print based on Barentsz's charts
Author Original charts by Willem Barentsz, drawn by Cornelis Claesz, engraved by Baptista van Doetecum
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