The construction of the so-called 'Safe house', September-October 1596

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The construction of the so-called 'Safe house', September-October 1596

Veer, Gerrit de

The construction of the Safe House, late September 1596. In the foreground, wood is delivered with sleds. On the left, the ship is depicted stuck in the ice. In the background the frame of the house is constructed.

From the Wahrhafftige Relation, the German version of Gerrit de Veer’s journal, published in 1598. (See under ‘documentation’ for details.)

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Is part of:

Ice Harbour, Novaya Zemlya, 21 August 1596 - 13 June 1597

Creator

Veer, Gerrit de (copied after)

Period

1598

Technique

engraving

Kind

print

Number

NG-1979-564-20

Owner

Rijksmuseum Amsterdam

Tags

ship / vessel

Sources and literature

Veer, Gerrit de, Om de Noord: de tochten van Willem Barentsz en Jacob van Heemskerck en de overwintering op Nova Zembla, zoals opgetekend door Gerrit de Veer (1598)

Veer, Gerrit de, Warhafftige Relation. Der dreyen newen unerhörten seltzamen Schiffart so die Holländischen und Seeländischen Schiff....Anno 1594, 1595 und 1596 verricht (NG-1979-564) (1598)