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Encounter with the crew of two small Russian ships, 28 July 1597

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Encounter with the crew of two small Russian ships, 28 July 1597

Veer, Gerrit de

In the foreground the encounter between the Russians and the expedition members is depicted, with the Russians offering some smoked birds. In the background, we see the Russians tasting the water supply of the expedition members and the two groups making fire and cooking together. Left, the two boats of the expedition; to the right, the somewhat larger vessels of the Russians.

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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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)