Renaissance · Europe · Exploration
1595
Willem Barentsz Reaches Novaya Zemlya
1595
The Dutch navigator Willem Barentsz sailed into the Arctic in search of a Northeast Passage to China and reached the icy coast of Novaya Zemlya. On a later voyage his ship was crushed in the pack ice and his crew wintered over in a driftwood shelter, surviving on polar bear and charity.
In context
Also in 1595 (4 other events on record)
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Before and after in Europe
- Before: 1594: Famine in Russia
- After: June 22, 1596: English Sack Cadiz
Before and after in Exploration
Era
Renaissance (1501–1650), one of 715 events from that era on Saeculum.