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  The Northern Lights Route - Willem Barentsz
Willem Barents was on such an expedition in 1594.
Willem Barents died on this journey, while the surviving expedition members managed to reach the Kola Peninsula after experiencing severe hardships.
Willem Barents conducted geographical measurements during the initial voyage and, in 1599, a map was printed showing the polar regions that are named after him.
www.ub.uit.no /northernlights/eng/wbarentsz.htm   (408 words)

  
 Willem Barentsz - Wikipedia
Barentsz volgde de kust van Nova Zembla, hopend om de eilanden heen te varen, maar werd door het ijs tegengehouden.
Barentsz slaagde er inderdaad in de noordpunt van Nova Zembla te ronden, maar kwam daarna vast te zitten in het ijs.
Het werd nooit opgevoerd, maar het verscheen wel in druk bij uitgeverij Nijgh and Van Ditmar.
nl.wikipedia.org /wiki/Willem_Barentsz   (561 words)

  
 Willem Barents
-- 1597, Dutch name Barentsz) was a Dutch navigator and explorer, leader of early expeditions in far northern waters.
In 1594 he left Amsterdam with two ships to search for the Northeast passage[?] to eastern Asia.
In 1871 the house in which he wintered was discovered undisturbed, with many relics, which are preserved at the Hague, and in 1875 part of his journal was found.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/wi/Willem_Barentsz.html   (206 words)

  
 Barentsz, Willem - Rijksmuseum Amsterdam - National Museum for Art and History
The sailor and cartographer Willem Barentsz sailed to Spain and the Mediterranean, publishing an atlas of the Mediterranean area.
Barentsz owes his fame to the three attempts to find a northern passage to Asia.
His diary of the overwintering, now in the Rijksmuseum, was later discovered in the hut.
www.rijksmuseum.nl /aria/aria_encyclopedia/00050467?lang=en   (141 words)

  
 goDutch.com :: Historic expedition led by Willem Barentsz nears 400th anniversary
It is not at all that surprising therefore that Willem Barentsz was selected to be the captain on one of the ships of the expedition.
Barentsz was now appointed leader of the expedition, while Heemskerk and Rijp were commissioned as captains of the ships.
Yes, the legacy of Willem Barentsz is again relevant as preparations are made for both the 400-year anniversary and the establishment of a Netherlandic Scientific Institute at Saint Petersburg, Russia.
www.godutch.com /windmill/newsItem.asp?id=257   (1751 words)

  
 Barentsz is essential for the posterior localization of oskar mRNA and colocalizes with it to the posterior pole -- van ...
Barentsz protein is first expressed in region 2 of the germarium and accumulates in the presumptive oocyte in region 2b.
Barentsz accumulates at the anterior of the oocyte.
Df(3R)IR16 is a deficiency for barentsz (Shelton and Wasserman, 1993).
www.jcb.org /cgi/content/full/154/3/511   (8496 words)

  
 Willem Berentsz   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
A part of the design is a rendering of Willem Barentsz’ map of the Arctic, Delineato cartæ trium navagationym which was published posthumously in Amsterdam in 1598
Barentsz was born in Terschelling in the Netherlands in 1550.
Barentsz’ route to Novaya Zemlya is marked on the map.
sio.midco.net /dansmapstamps/berentz.htm   (161 words)

  
 Willem Barentsz   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
In charge of the expedition and first navigating officer on the lead ship was pilot and cartographer Willem Barentsz.
The actual reason for the search for the passage was the expansion of Dutch trade beyond Europe, an endeavour that began in the middle of the sixteenth century.
It was Barentsz' third voyage to the Arctic.
www.angelfire.com /tx/shofstee/ewillemb.html   (804 words)

  
 Maritime Institute Willem Barentsz of the Northern University of Professional Education, Leeuwarden
Maritime Institute Willem Barentsz of the Northern University of Professional Education, Leeuwarden
The Maritime Institute Willem Barentsz (MIWB) consists of the Higher Maritime Academy, providing education for masters and chief engineers FG, the Maritime Simulator Training Centre (MSTC) providing full mission ship simulator training, an own seagoing training vessel and a fully equipped student campus with restaurant and library.
The Maritime Institute Willem Barentsz celebrated its 125th anniversary in 2000 and can be considered among the most advanced ship's officers training institutes in the world.
www.iamu-edu.org /members/miwb.php   (398 words)

  
 Baptisms at the Reformed Dutch Church of New Amsterdam 1639-1730   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Willem Kieft-Gouveneur, Lyntie Pieters 1 Mar; Pieter Corneliszen; Dievertje; Rebecca Lubberts 1 Mar; Pieter Portugies-Neger; Elisabeth; Sebastiaen-Neger, Pallas-Negrinne Van Angola 8 Mar; Aert Willemszen; Wyntje; Hendrick Jansze Suyder, Jan Corn.
Willem Kieft-gouvneur, Hester Jans 9 Aug; Claes Janszen; Lucas; Aeltje Cornelis, Catalyn Rapalje 9 Aug; Jan Harten-Engelsman; Jan; Willem Koock, Richard Claeszen, Aeltje Cornelis 20 Aug; Cornelis Volckertszen; Jacomyntie; Jan Evertszen Bout, Isaac Abrahamszen-schippr., Mr.
Willem Kieft-gouvneur, Geertruyd Roelofs 4 Nov; Hans Hanszen Noorman; Michiel; Michiel Paulszen, Pieter Janszen Noorman, Janneken Rappalje 4 Nov; Lambert Van Valckenburg; Jochem; Marten Cregier, Jan Hartman, Lyntie Jochems 18 Nov; Henry Bresier; Willem; Capt. Willem Blauwvelt, Olof Stephenszen Van Courtlt.
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 Luxe schip voor dagtocht, feest of evenement, in de privé sfeer of voor bedrijven. Trouwlocatie.
Dagtochtenschip de 'Willem Barentsz' voor feest en evenementen.
Dagtochtenschip de 'Willem Barentsz' is met haar vele zeilen, witte uiterlijk en teakhouten opbouw een majestueuze verschijning.
De scheepsromantiek van weleer in combinatie met alle luxe van nu maken de 'Willem Barentsz' tot dé omgeving voor ieder evenement.
www.willem-barentsz.nl   (197 words)

  
 Amazon.de: Arctic Routes to Fabled Lands: Olivier Brunel and the Passage to China and Cathay in the Sixteenth Century: ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Four hundred years ago on 18th May 1596, Willem Barentsz set sail with two ships for the north via the Pole.
Apart from Barentsz's expedition, numerous other attempts were made by Dutch and Flemish mariners to find a northern trade route to wealthy China and mysterious Cathay.
The numerous maps and illustrations in the book show the geographic knowledge that was available to Olivier Brunel when in 1584 he set course from the port of Enkhuizen for the mouth of the Ob in the north of Russia.
www.amazon.de /Arctic-Routes-Fabled-Lands-Sixteenth/dp/905356263X   (468 words)

  
 Spitsbergen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
This was not always the case 360 - 60 million years ago Spitsbergen could be found at the equator in the Atlantic Ocean.
Spitsbergen got its name from the Dutchman Willem Barentsz in 1596, when he was on his way to Novaya Zemlya, searching for a northern route to Asia.
Willem Barentsz thought it was a piece of Greenland, therefor the Danish thought it was theirs.
home.wanadoo.nl /michellevandijk/Eng/general.htm   (374 words)

  
 DRF--Friesland People
Abe Lenstra, born and raised in Friesland, was a famous soccer-player in the fifty's, who would rather stay in Friesland than make 'big bucks' in Italy.
Willem Barentsz (1550-1597), sailor and cartographer was born on the island of Terschelling.
Willem Duisenberg, from Heerenveen is the president of the European Bank.
www.drf.nl /business/people.htm   (1057 words)

  
 goDutch.com :: Expedition to Nova Zembla scrapes dirt while looking for 400-year old artifacts
This summer, seven Dutchmen and five Russians scraped the soil at the site where sixteenth-century Dutch explorer Willem Barentsz and his small band of men was forced to stay over for a very harsh arctic winter.
Barentsz, who survived the ordeal died on the way home.
The twentieth-century expedition experienced its own moments of frustration and disappointment when the generators - which were not adjusted to Russian fuel - malfunctioned and all contact - even by short-wave radio - with the outside world was lost.
www.godutch.com /windmill/newsItem.asp?id=191   (553 words)

  
 Whaling in the Spitsbergen waters
In 1596, on his attempt to find a northern sea route from Europe to China, Willem Barentsz discovered an island in the high north.
He named the island Spitsbergen (spiky mountains), today one of the islands in the archipelago known as Svalbard.
Willem Barentsz died on Novaya Zemlya in 1597 during this expedition, however the discovery of Spitsbergen was made public and very soon attracted the attention of Dutch and
www.environmenttimes.net /article.cfm?pageID=59   (507 words)

  
 Backgrounds on the Discovery of the World - EN Home
Confrontations with the Spaniards and Portuguese on the existing route could thus be avoided.
In 1596, Willem Barentsz reached the island of Novaya Zemlya, where his ship became stuck in the ice.
Around 1605, shipmaster Willem Jansz led an expedition that was to explore New Guinea.
www.scheepvaartmuseum.nl /index.php?PageID=1155   (766 words)

  
 Worldview Antique Maps and Books
There he became interested in navigation and cartography and, being fortunate enough to have access to nautical charts recently brought from Portugal, he was soon recognized as an expert on the shipping routes to India.
He was interested, too, in the idea of a NorthEast passage until the failure of Willem Barentsz's third voyage in 1597 seemed to preclude the possibility of such a route.
In 1602 he was appointed cartographer to the new Dutch East India Company.
www.worldviewmaps.com /fresh/cartographers-results.aspx?ci=503   (150 words)

  
 Clock - Rijksmuseum Amsterdam - National Museum for Art and History
On 18 May 1596 two ships left Amsterdam for a voyage of exploration to the Arctic region.
The ship carrying the expedition's leader Willem Barentsz and Captain Jacob van Heemskerck reached Nova Zembla, where it became trapped in the ice in the autumn of that year.
The 17 crew members were forced to spend the winter on the island.
www.rijksmuseum.nl /aria/aria_assets/NG-NM-7687?lang=en   (142 words)

  
 RUSNET :: Encyclopedia :: B :: Barents, Willem
RUSNET :: Encyclopedia :: B :: Barents, Willem
Sea of Azov is a northern arm of the Black Sea,shared by Russia and Ukraine.
Lack of culture means what it has always meant: ignoble civilization and therefore imminent downfall.
www.rusnet.nl /encyclo/b/barents.shtml   (160 words)

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