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The ship run aground in the ice, 1596
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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In the foreground, the ship whose bow has been lifted out of the water by creeping ice. On the right in the background, crew members bring the skiffs and supplies ashore; on the left, the men find driftwood on a riverbank. Opposite page 62 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 descriptionCredit lineHet schip vastgelopen in het ijs, 1596. 1598. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
