VEER, Gerrit de. - Nova Zembla.

(Amsterdam, 1681). Engraving by Jan Luyken with 4 engraved scenes from the Dutch winter camp on Novaya Zemlya on 1 sheet after Gerrit de Veer. Ca. 22 x 31,5 cm. From: Bor. Oorsprongk, begin, en vervolgh der Nederlandsche oorlogen. - This is one of many different versions of the engraving on the title-page of Gerrit de Veer, Waerachtige beschryvinghe van drie seijlagien (1598). This engraving depicts four images of the Dutch wintering on Novaya Zemlya in a wooden cabin by Willem Barentsz and his crew in 1596-97. This is the earliest over-wintering this far north. Muller, Historieplaten, 1052; Atlas van Stolk 977; Van Eeghen & Van der Kellen, p.15; Ingalls, Lothrop Collection, 2.

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