THE THREE VOYAGES OF WILLIAM BARENTS TO THE ARCTIC REGIONS (1594, 1595, AND 1596). BY GERRIT DE VEER. FIRST EDITION EDITED BY CHARLES T. BEKE, Phil. D., F.S.A. 1853. Second Edition, with an Introduction, BY LIEUTENANT KOOLEMANS BEYNEN, (ROYAL NETHERLANDS NAVY). LONDON: PRINTED FOR THE HAKLUYT SOCIETY. MDCCCLXXVI. COUNCIL OF THE HAKLUYT SOCIETY. The Right Hon. Sir DAVID DUNDAS, President. Admiral C. R. DRINKWATER BETHUNE, C.B. } Vice-Presidents. Major-General Sir HENRY RAWLINSON, K.C.B., F.R.S. } W. A. TYSSEN AMHURST, Esq. Rev. Dr. G. P. BADGER, D.C.L., F.R.G.S. J. BARROW, Esq., F.R.S. Vice-Admiral Sir RICHARD COLLINSON, K.C.B. Captain CRUTTENDEN. EGERTON V. HARCOURT, Esq. CHARLES GREY, Esq. JOHN WINTER JONES, Esq., F.S.A. R. H. MAJOR, Esq., F.S.A. Sir CHARLES NICHOLSON, Bart., D.C.L. Vice-Admiral ERASMUS OMMANNEY, C.B., F.R.S. Captain PORCHER, R.N. The Lord STANLEY of Alderley. EDWARD THOMAS, Esq., F.R.S. CLEMENTS R. MARKHAM. C.B., F.R.S., Sec. R.G.S., Honorary Secretary CONTENTS. Postscript. PAGE Introduction to the Second Edition i Introduction to the First Edition lxiii The True and Perfect Description of Three Voyages clxxv The Fyrst Part of the Nauigation into the North Seas 1 A Briefe Declaration of a Second Nauigation 40 The Third Voyage Northwarde to the Kingdomes of Cathaia and China 70 Appendix. Letter from John Balak to Gerard Mercator 261 ,, Henry Hudson’s Visit to Novaya Zemlya 265 ,, Writings of William Barents 273 Index 275 ILLUSTRATIONS. PAGE