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Portion of 1599 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.
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Source |
University Library of Tromsø
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Date |
Original map 1599. Portion published online by Tromsø University 1999 as part of the "Northern Lights Route" project of the Council of Europe. Uploaded to Commons 2006.
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Author |
Willem Barentsz.
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Permission |
Public domain (over 70 years since creator's death)
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