Prisonniers des glaces, 1594-1597, les trois expéditions de Willem Barentsz, l'hivernage forcé en Nouvelle-Zemble et la découverte du Spitzberg. Voyages The dating of the main

The dating of the main brick buildings and their alterations is due to Michel Wuttmann

Two renowned historians of geography and cartography

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Prisonniers des glaces, 1594-1597, les trois expéditions de Willem Barentsz, l'hivernage forcé en Nouvelle-Zemble et la découverte du Spitzberg. Voyages The dating of the main"Magellane" collection. The accounts of Gerit de Veer translated and presented by Xavier de Castro. Willem Barentsz is the most famous Dutch navigator in his own country, but his figure remains little known in France. Yet, he was one of the first to attempt the northeast passage to China during three memorable voyages from 1594 to 1596. During the third, he rediscovered the Spitsbergen archipelago, the Svalbard of the Vikings, knowledge of which had