Nova Zembla; Sheet with four copies after the original illustrations in the travelogue of the journey of Willem Barendsz and Jacob van Heemskerck in 1596-1597 and the stay on the island of Nova Zembla. Numbered 1 to 4. Top left (1): Shooting of the polar bear that had attacked two sailors; September 6; 1595. In the background the ships off the coast. Bottom left (2): Shooting and skinning of a polar bear at the Behouden Huys; 12 February 1597. Top right (3): The ship jammed and lifted by the ice; 27 August - 1 September 1596. The crew brings the sloop and provisions to shore.. Bottom right (4): The sloop crushed by the sliding ice is unloaded again; July 1; 1597; Behouden Huys; anonymous; Northern Netherlands; 1615 - 1650; paper; engraving; h 260 mm x w 315 mm