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Fight with a polar bear, 1596
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Fight with a polar bear, 1596

anonymous · 1598 · engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Fight with the polar bear, June 11 and 12, 1596. The crew in two skiffs kills a polar bear. In the background, impressions of visits to Bear Island and Spitsbergen. Opposite page 48 in: 'Warhafftige Relation. Der dreyen newen unerhörten seltzamen Schiffart so die Holländischen und Seeländischen Schiff....Anno 1594, 1595 und 1596 verricht' (1598).

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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printWillem Barendsz.Jacob van HeemskerckNova ZemblaNoordoostelijke doorvaartpogingen
Credit lineGevecht met een ijsbeer, 1596. 1598. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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