The three voyages of William Barents to the Arctic regions, 1594, 1595, and 1596.

Hakluyt Society First Series, no. 54.

Willem Barentsz, anglicized as William Barents or Barentz (c. 1550-1597) was a Dutch navigator, cartographer, and Arctic explorer. He went on three expeditions to the far north in search for a Northeast passage. During his third expedition, the crew was stranded on Novaya Zemlya for almost a year. Barentsz died on the return voyage in 1597. In the 19th century, the Barents Sea was named after him.