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Depiction of Nenets (Samoyeds)

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Depiction of Nenets (Samoyeds)

Veer, Gerrit de

In the foreground, the clothing and equipment of two Nenets, the people inhabiting this part of the arctic, is depicted. In the background, various episodes of the encounter between the Dutch and the Nenets which occurred in the last few days of August. Among other things, we see how the Dutch demonstrate a musket by shooting a stone into pieces.

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)