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Willem Barents

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Also known as Willem Barentsz, William Barents, William Barentz, Willem Barentz, Barentz, Willem Barentszoon, Willem Barentzoon

Dutch navigator, cartographer, and Arctic explorer (1550–1597)

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Willem Barents, also known as Willem Barentsz, was a Dutch explorer, cartographer, navigator, and skipper. Born in Formerum in 1550, he held citizenship in the Dutch Republic, the Seventeen Provinces, and the Holy Roman Empire. He resided in Terschelling and Amsterdam and spoke Dutch as his native language. His field of work was exploration, and his works are held in the collection of Het Scheepvaartmuseum.

Barents died on June 20, 1597, in Novaya Zemlya. The cause of his death was scurvy, resulting from natural causes. He is described in sources including the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, and Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary.

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  • Die Bryozoen, Gesammelt Während der Dritten und Vierten Polarfahrt des Willem Barents in Den Jahren 1880-1881

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  1. The FAIR Guiding Principles for scientific data management and stewardship

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  2. Minimal information for studies of extracellular vesicles 2018 (MISEV2018): a position statement of the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles and update of the MISEV2014 guidelines

    · 2018 · cited 9,642x

  3. Genome-wide association study of 14,000 cases of seven common diseases and 3,000 shared controls

    · 2007 · cited 7,929x

  4. The Effect of Spironolactone on Morbidity and Mortality in Patients with Severe Heart Failure

    · 1999 · cited 7,589x

  5. Extracellular vesicles: Exosomes, microvesicles, and friends

    · 2013 · cited 7,268x

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Encyclopedic overview

Willem Barentsz ( Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʋɪləm ˈbaːrənts]; c. 1550 – 20 June 1597), anglicized as William Barents or Barentz, was a Dutch navigator, cartographer, and Arctic explorer.

Barentsz went on three expeditions to the far north in search for a Northeast passage. He reached as far as Novaya Zemlya and the Kara Sea in his first two voyages, but was turned back on both occasions by ice. During a third expedition, the crew discovered Spitsbergen and Bear Island, but subsequently became stranded on Novaya Zemlya for almost a year. Barentsz died on the return voyage in 1597.

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