Gerrit de Veer's Account of Willem Barentsz' Search for the Northeast Passage

Gerrit de Veer's Account of Willem Barentsz' Search for the Northeast Passage

Amsterdam (Netherlands) — 1598

Gerrit de Veer's Account of Willem Barentsz' Search for the Northeast Passage

A XII 2, inventarisnummer A.24 Nederlands Scheepvaartmuseum te Amsterdam (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
  1. Description
  2. Facsimile Editions (2)
Description
Gerrit de Veer's Account of Willem Barentsz' Search for the Northeast Passage

We’re currently adding this record to our database.

Please contact us if you need further information about this manuscript. Thanks!

Codicology

Alternative Titles
Waerachtighe beschryvinghe van drie seylagien, ter werelt noyt soo vreemt ghehoort
Gerrit de Veers Bericht über Willem Barentsz' Suche nach der Nordostpassage
Date
1598
Language
Illustrations
Numerous illustrations
Content
Diary of sailor Gerrit de Veer about his sea voyages with Willem Barentsz
Artist / School

Available facsimile editions:
Facsimile Editions

#1 Waerachtighe beschryvinghe van drie seylagien, ter werelt noyt soo vreemt ghehoort

Van Wijnen – Franeker, 1997

Publisher: Van Wijnen – Franeker, 1997
Limited Edition: 500 copies
1 volume: Exact reproduction of the original document (extent, color and size) Reproduction of the entire original document as detailed as possible (scope, format, colors). The binding may not correspond to the original or current document binding.

#2 Waerachtighe beschryvinghe van drie seylagien, ter werelt noyt soo vreemt ghehoort

Van Wijnen – Franeker, 2012

Publisher: Van Wijnen – Franeker, 2012
1 volume: Exact reproduction of the original document (extent, color and size) Reproduction of the entire original document as detailed as possible (scope, format, colors). The binding may not correspond to the original or current document binding.
You might also be interested in:
Columbus's Marco Polo – Testimonio Compañía Editorial – Biblioteca Capitular y Colombina (Seville, Spain)
Columbus's Marco Polo
Antwerp (Belgium) – 1485

The most important source of information about China in Europe for centuries: Christopher Columbus' personal copy of Marco Polo's famous travelogue with handwritten marginal notes by the great navigator

Experience More
Palenque Drawings – Testimonio Compañía Editorial – Biblioteca del Palacio Real (Madrid, Spain) / Real Academia de la Historia (Madrid, Spain)
Palenque Drawings
End of the 18th century

One of the first archaeological discoveries of Mayan culture and the No. 1 tourist destination in Mexico today: the expedition to Palenque in 30 virtuoso drawings of the wonderful bas-reliefs of the famous ruined city

Experience More
Portuguese Memorial – Testimonio Compañía Editorial – leg. 367, doc. 142 – Archivo General (Simancas, Spain)
Portuguese Memorial
Portugal – 1494

Written in 1494 and only rediscovered in the 20th century: the letter of a Portuguese noble to Queen Isabelle I of Spain requesting expeditions to Africa

Experience More
De le Meravegliose Cose del Mondo – Vicent Garcia Editores – RB I-174 – Biblioteca del Palacio Real (Madrid, Spain)
De le Meravegliose Cose del Mondo
Venice (Italy) – June 13, 1496

One of the most famous travelogues in European history: Marco Polo's legendary travels through Asia and to the court of Kublai Khan in a priceless Venetian incunabulum

Experience More
Food of the Magellan-Elcano expedition (Collection) – Taberna Libraria – Patronato, 34, R.10 – Archivo General de Indias (Seville, Spain)
Food of the Magellan-Elcano expedition (Collection)
Spain – 1519

The pantry for one of the most fascinating expeditions in European history: the original inventories of the food supplies carried on the first circumnavigation of the world as an insight into early modern Iberian cuisine

Experience More
Filter selection
Publisher