Gerrit de Veer

Gerrit de Veer (–after 1598) was a Dutch officer on Willem Barentsz' second and third voyages of 1595 and 1596 respectively, in search of the Northeast passage.

De Veer kept a diary of the voyages and in 1597, was the first person to observe and record the Novaya Zemlya effect, and the first Westerner to observe hypervitaminosis A caused by consumption of the liver of a polar bear. Provided by Wikipedia
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    A true description of three voyages by the north-east towards Cathay and China undertaken by the Dutch in the years 1594, 1595 and 1596

    A true description of three voyages by the north-east towards Cathay and China undertaken by the Dutch in the years 1594, 1595 and 1596 by Veer, Gerrit de

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    A true description of three voyages by the north-east towards Cathay and China undertaken by the Dutch in the years 1594, 1595 and 1596

    A true description of three voyages by the north-east towards Cathay and China undertaken by the Dutch in the years 1594, 1595 and 1596 by Veer, Gerrit de

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