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Afgodenhoek and surrounding area

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Afgodenhoek and surrounding area

Veer, Gerrit de

The map and image show part of the south coast of Vaigach. On the lower right, the wooden sculptures at Afgodenhoek (Idols Cape); above it, the bay called ‘Traanbaai’ (Train Oil Bay). On the island itself, the sleds of the local Nenets (called Samoyeds by the Dutch) are depicted. On board the ship, crew members who had stolen furs from these leds, are being keelhauled.

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)