3037892 Barents\' ship at Nova Zembla, 1598 (engraving) by Dutch School, (16th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Willem Barentsz (c.1550-97) Dutch navigator, cartographer, and Arctic explorer went on 3 expeditions in search of a Northeast passage. The crew was stranded on Novaya Zemlya, off the North coast of Russia, for almost a year on the 3rd voyage and Barentsz died returning in 1597. Gerrit de Veer documented 2nd & 3rd voyages \'A True and Perfect Description of Three Voyages, so Strange and Wonderfull...\'); Dutch, out of copyright.