Terschelling
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Terschelling is a municipality and an island in the northern Netherlands, one of the West Frisian Islands. It is situated between the islands of Vlieland and Ameland.
Brandaris, Terschelling panoramio
Commandeurstraat 30 in West Terschelling 01
Formerum
Drenkelingenhuisje terschelling IMG 4190
Willem Barentsz
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Willem Barentsz, anglicized as William Barents or Barentz, was a Dutch navigator, cartographer, and Arctic explorer.
Terschelling
…East-Terschelling. Only after the French occupation at the start of the 19th century was Terschelling again united as one entity. The Dutch navigator Willem Barentsz was born on Terschelling around 1550. In 1666 West-Terschelling was ransacked by the English. The English fleet had originally planned to attack the…
Barentz flagship Gulden Windthunde nearly collided with that of the Vice Admiral on the second voyage 6 August 1595
Crew of Willem Barentsz fighting a polar bear
Willem Barentsz's ship amidst the Arctic ice
Het Behouden Huys on Novaya Zemlya