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The Northern Lights Route - Willem Barentsz - English
URL: http://www.ub.uit.no/northernlights/eng/wbarentsz.htm

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During the second-half of the 16th-century, both Englishmen and the Dutch attempted to find a northeastern trading route to China by way of the sea. The first unsucessful attempt to reach this goal was undertaken in 1553, on the initiative of London's newly established Muscovite Trading Company. Up to approximately 1580, after several attempts, the English withdrew and the Dutch started their own efforts.

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Barentz, Willem - English
URL: http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0806183.html

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He made three voyages (1594, 1595, 1596–97) in search of the Northeast Passage to Asia. He reached Novaya Zemlya on the first two expeditions. On the third he accidentally discovered Spitsbergen, rounded the north point of Novaya Zemlya, and was caught in the ice.

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1Up Info - Barentz, Willem (Explorers, Travelers, And Conquerors) - Encyclopedia - English
URL: http://www.1upinfo.com/encyclopedia/B/Barentz.html

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d. 1597, Dutch navigator. He made three voyages (1594, 1595, 1596–97) in search of the Northeast Passage to Asia. He reached Novaya Zemlya on the first two expeditions. On the third he accidentally discovered Spitsbergen, rounded the north point of Novaya Zemlya, and was caught in the ice.

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Баренц Виллем - Russian
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(1550-1597) — голландский мореплаватель. Совершил 3 плавания по Северному Ледовитому океану для отыскания северо-восточного прохода из Атлантического океана в Тихий. Он направился к Новой Земле, как и хотел с самого начала, дошел до ее северной оконечности, которую назвал Ледяным мысом, и попытался идти к югу, но вскоре попал в сплошной лед. Зимовал на Новой Земле, впервые провел годичный цикл метеонаблюдений; там же и похоронен. Его именем названо Баренцево море.

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