Collection: Osher Collection

Name: Deliniatio cartae trium navigationum per Batavos, ad Septentrionalem plagam, Norvegiae, Moscoviae, et novae Semblae, et perque fretum Weygatis Nassovicum dictum, ac huxta Groenlandiam, sub altitudine 80 graduum nec non adiacentium partium Tartariae, promontorij Tabin, freti Anian atque regionis Bargi et partis Americae versus orientem, Authore Wilhelmo Bernardo Amstelredamo expertissimo pilota.

Barcode: 341

Image Number: 341.0001

Creator: Barentsz, Willem, approximately 1550-1597

Printmaker: Duetecum, Baptista

From Atlas: Yes

Publishing Location: Amsterdam

Notes: Note: "Auctore Wilhelmo Bernardo. Cornelius Nicolai excudebat. Baptista a' Doetechum schulp. a[nn]o. 1598." Based on Willem Barentsz's earlier edition. Parallel titles in Latin and Dutch.

Title Translation: Map outlining the third voyage by the Dutch, to the Northern regions, Norway, Moscow, and New Semble, and through the Weygates strait, and also parts of Greenland, below 80 degrees, and the adjacent parts of Tartary, Tabin promontories, strait of Anian and Bargi regions and America towards the east, author Willem Barentsz Amsterdam expert captain

Alternative Title: Beschryvinghe van de drie seylagien door de Hollanders gedaen ande Noordt syde van Noorweghen, Moscovia, nova Sembla, ende door de Weygats ofte Straite de Nassou so mede het deel van Groenlandt op de 80 graeden ende de omleggende gresen van Tartaryen, ende de Capo Tabin ende des landtschaps Bargi, so oock het Oostersche deel van America: door Willem Barents van Amstelredam de vermaerde Piloot

Brief Description: Map of the Arctic regions including Greenland, Iceland, northern Scandinavia, and northern Russia, and northern North America. Includes the imaginary island of Frisland, as well as the routes of the Dutch ships of Barentz's third voyage from 1596-1597.

Physical Description: 1 map: illustrated

Publisher: Claesz, Cornelis, approximately 1546-1609

Date/Date Range Produced: 1598

Date/Date Range Published: 1598

Language: DutchLatin

Region Depicted: AlaskaArctic OceanArctic regionsDavis StraitDenmarkFinlandGreenlandIcelandNorth PoleNorthwest PassageNorwayRussiaScandinaviaScotlandSweden

Map Type: Geographical

Dimensions: H 45.4 x W 60 cm

Printing Process: Engraving

Printing Technique: Copper

Material Type: Paper

Historical Context: A major milestone in Arctic cartography, this map illustrates details of Willem Barentsz's third voyage to this region from 1596 to 1597. Barentsz believed that a Northeastern Passage to the Pacific existed in the Arctic waters, reasoning that, because the ocean was exposed to the sun for 24 hours a day during summer, it must consist of open waters above Siberia. During the last decade of the 16th century, Barentsz made three voyages into regions surrounding the North Pole. On his third voyage, after becoming stuck on the ice and forced to winter in the Arctic, Barentsz utilized his excess time creating an elaborate and highly decorative manuscript map illustrating his observations; his map contains numerous pictures of sea monsters, ships, whales, and an island named "Polus Magnetis." Additionally the map also contains the mythical island of Frisland (Friesland) in the northwest Atlantic, the mythical Estotiland of the apocryphal 14th-century voyage by the Venetian brothers Zeno. This map became the foundation on which all further eastern Arctic exploration was predicated, making it one of the most consequential maps of its era.

LC Call Number: G3270 1598 .B3

OCLC: 79696717

Donor: Osher

Subjects: AlaskaAnimalsArctic OceanArctic regionsBarentsz, Willem, approximately 1550-1597Cartouches, Ornamental (Decorative arts)Claesz, Cornelis, approximately 1546-1609Davis StraitDenmarkExploration and discoveryFinlandFishesGalleonsGeographical mythsGreenlandIcelandImaginary creaturesImaginary placesIndigenous peopleManners and customsMaps--Early works to 1800North PoleNorthwest PassageNorwayReindeerRussiaSailing shipsScandinaviaScotlandSea lionsSea monstersSeals (Animals)SharksSleighsSwedenVehiclesWalrusWhales

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