The Three Voyages of William Barents to the Arctic Regions (1594, 1595, and 1596)

The Three Voyages of William Barents to the Arctic Regions (1594, 1595, and 1596)

BY CHARLES J. BEKE, Phil.D. The three voyages undertaken by the Dutch, towards the close of the sixteenth century, with a view to the discovery of a north-east passage to China, are deservedly placed among the most remarkable exploits of that enterprising nation; while the ten months residence of the adventurous seamen at the furthest extremity of the inhospitable region of Novaya Zemlya, within little more than fourteen degrees of the North Pole, and their homeward voyage of upwards of seventeen hundred geographical miles in two small open boats, are events full of romantic interest. The republication by the Hakluyt Society of the narrative of these three voyages, is most appropriate at this particular juncture, when public attention is so painfully absorbed by apprehensions as to the fate of Franklin and his companions. At all times would this work be read with interest, as giving in plain and simple language, which vouches for its truth, the first account of a forced winter residence in the Arctic Regions, patiently and resolutely endured and successfully terminated; but at the present moment it acquires a far deeper importance from its representationfaint, perhaps, and wholly inadequate to the realityof the hardships which must have been undergone by our missing countrymen; happy if some of them shall have survived, like Gerrit de Veer, to tell the tale of their sufferings and of their final deliverance from their long captivity. [lxiv] ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 64257
Author: Veer, Gerrit de
Release Date: Jan 11, 2021
Format: eBook
Language: English

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Editor: Beke, Charles T. (Charles Tilstone), 1800-1874