Netherlands -

“ SHIP ~ WILLEM BARENTSZ ~ DUTCH NAVIGATOR ~ ARCTIC EXPLORER.”

Limited Edition ~ Philatelic - Numismatic / Medallic Cover !

Reverse of Cover gives details, a few words:

VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY.

Towards the end of the sixteenth century, Dutch navigators set out on many voyages to explore the four corners of the world.

Willem Barentsz, one of the greatest pioneers, is known particularly for his attempts to locate a northeast passage from Europe to the wealthy Asian countries.

His forced winter sojourn in an Arctic dwelling on the bleak and desolate Novaya Zemlya archipelago during his last expedition in ...

FDI: 01. X. 96, GRONINGEN.

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