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Catching a Polar Bear, 1594
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Catching a Polar Bear, 1594

anonymous · 1598 · engraving; paper

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

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Attempts to catch a polar bear and an attack by the captured polar bear on the skiff with Barentsz during the first voyage, July 19, 1594. Opposite page 6 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 lineHet vangen van een ijsbeer, 1594. 1598. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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