Gerrit de Veer

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diarist explorer human sailor

Gerrit de Veer was a Dutch sailor and diarist best known for his detailed eyewitness account of Willem Barentsz’s Arctic voyages and the overwintering on Nova Zembla in the late 16th century.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	diarist ⓘ explorer ⓘ human ⓘ sailor ⓘ
activeIn	16th century ⓘ
chronicles	crew’s struggle for survival in the Arctic winter ⓘ third voyage of Willem Barentsz (1596–1597) NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Dutch Republic ⓘ
described	Arctic exploration routes north of Russia ⓘ conditions of wintering in the Arctic ⓘ encounters with sea ice and pack ice ⓘ use of a shelter called Het Behouden Huys on Nova Zembla ⓘ
documented	daily life of the crew during overwintering ⓘ hardships of polar exploration ⓘ navigation along the coast of Novaya Zemlya ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Dutch ⓘ
eyeWitnessTo	Willem Barentsz’s Arctic voyages NERFINISHED ⓘ overwintering on Nova Zembla ⓘ
fieldOfWork	maritime exploration ⓘ travel writing ⓘ
genre	exploration narrative ⓘ travel literature ⓘ
hasSubject	Arctic navigation ⓘ Willem Barentsz NERFINISHED ⓘ search for the Northeast Passage ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Age of Discovery NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	detailed diary of Barentsz’s Arctic voyages ⓘ early descriptions of Arctic phenomena ⓘ eyewitness account of the overwintering on Nova Zembla ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	Dutch ⓘ
nationality	Dutch ⓘ
notableWork	True Description of Three Voyages by the North-East towards Cathay and China NERFINISHED ⓘ Waerachtighe Beschryvinghe van drie seylagien, ter werelt noyt soo vreemt ghehoort NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation	diarist ⓘ explorer ⓘ sailor ⓘ
participantIn	Barentsz’s third voyage to the Arctic NERFINISHED ⓘ Willem Barentsz’s Arctic expeditions NERFINISHED ⓘ overwintering on Nova Zembla (1596–1597) ⓘ
placeDescribed	Arctic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ Barents Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ Nova Zembla NERFINISHED ⓘ
sourceFor	early modern European knowledge of the Arctic ⓘ history of Dutch Arctic exploration ⓘ
workPublishedIn	Amsterdam NERFINISHED ⓘ late 16th century ⓘ
wroteIn	Early Modern Dutch ⓘ

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Het Behouden Huys (wintering shelter on Novaya Zemlya) → documentedBy → Gerrit de Veer ⓘ

subject surface form: Het Behouden Huys