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discovery of the North-east Passage, and he sailed with 
Tetgales as supercargo 1 . 
It was Linschoten 's sanguine report expressing a full 
conviction that the northern route to the Indies was 
discovered which induced the Dutch merchants to under- 
take a second voyage on a larger scale. Seven vessels 
were fitted out, two in Zeeland, two from Enkhuizen, 
two from Amsterdam, and one from Rotterdam. The 
Griffin and Swan from Zeeland were again under Cornelis 
Nai, the Hope of Enkhuizen was commanded by Tetgales, 
and Barentsz had the Greyhound of Amsterdam and was 
chief pilot. Linschoten, Jacob van Heemskerk, and 
Jan Cornelis Rijp were the supercargos. Linschoten was 
also a Commissioner on behalf of Prince Maurice of 
Orange and the States General. 
The ships assembled at the Texel and sailed on the 
2nd July, 1595- On the 19th August they reached the 
entrance of Pet Strait which was closed with ice, u most 
frightful to behold/' writes Linschoten. Parties were 
sent across Waigatz Island to report on the state of the 
ice in the Kara Sea. Barentsz himself crossed to the 
mainland to get information from the Samoyeds, and 
several efforts were made to pass through the ice, but 
all in vain. The crews began to murmur. The attempt 
was accordingly abandoned and the fleet returned to 
Holland in October 2 . 
The total failure of this voyage caused great dis- 
appointment, and the States General decided that no 
further attempt should be made at the public expense. 
Barentsz, however, supported by Plancius, persisted in 
the opinion that a passage might be effected round the 
north of Novaya Zemlya, so the merchants of Amsterdam 
were induced to fit out one more expedition. It consisted 
of two vessels, one commanded by Jacob van Heemskerk, 
1 Linschoten wrote a very interesting account of this voyage with 
Tetgales in 1594. 
2 Linschoten's narrative of this second voyage was published in 1601, 
the 3rd edition in 1638. On his return Linschoten settled at Enkhuizen and 
became Treasurer of the town. Here he was the friend of Lucas Waghenaer, 
author of the best sailing directions of that time. Linschoten published 
a translation of the History of the West Indies, by Acosta. He died in 
161 1, aged 48. De Veer wrote an account of the proceedings of Barentsz's 
ship during the second voyage. 
