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beyond Nova Zembla. Pet got safe home ; but a.u 

 his companion, Jackman, after wintering in Nor- 

 way, put to sea, and was never more heard of. 



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BARENTZ' FIRST VOYAGE. 



It was many years before any other attempt 1594. 

 was again made by the English. In the mean- 

 time the Dutch, who had become a great com- 

 mercial nation, determined to try their fortune 

 in seeking a northern route to the eastern parts 

 of the world, by which their capital might find 

 its way into the Indies without having to com- 

 pete with the Spaniards and Portuguese in their 

 lengthened voyages through the South Seas. 

 They therefore fitted out four vessels ; two 

 under the command of Cornelius Cornelison and 

 Brands Ysbrants, and two under William Ba- 

 rentz. 



Barentz left Holland on the 5th June 1594, 

 and, on the 4th July, discovered a part of 

 Nova Zembla, which, by a midnight observa- 

 tion, he found to be in latitude 73° 25' N. He 

 coasted this land along to the northward, and 

 gave names to several places ; and, at length, he 

 came to an anchor in Lomb's Bay, in latitude 



