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Willem Barentsz

1550 - 1597

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Willem Barentsz has received more than 385,046 page views. His biography is available in 76 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 73 in 2019). Willem Barentsz is the 26th most popular explorer (up from 27th in 2019), the 23rd most popular biography from Netherlands and the 2nd most popular Dutch Explorer.

Willem Barentsz is most famous for his explorations of the Arctic and for his discovery of the Barents Sea.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Willem Barentsz ranks 26 out of 498. Before him are Jacques Cartier, David Livingstone, Jacques Cousteau, Erik the Red, Vitus Bering, and Leif Erikson. After him are Thor Heyerdahl, Vasco Núñez de Balboa, Martin Behaim, Jan van Riebeeck, Pytheas, and John Cabot.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1550, Willem Barentsz ranks 4. Before him are Safiye Sultan, Charles IX of France, and John Napier. After him are Charles IX of Sweden, Henry I, Duke of Guise, Camillus de Lellis, Jang-geum, John Davis, Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, Stanislaus Kostka, and Karin Månsdotter. Among people deceased in 1597, Willem Barentsz ranks 1. After him are Hattori Hanzō, Maharana Pratap, Peter Canisius, Paulo Miki, Joseph of Anchieta, Infanta Catherine Michelle of Spain, Franciscus Patricius, Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Edward Kelley, Barbara Blomberg, and Ashikaga Yoshiaki.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Willem Barentsz ranks 23 out of 1,646. Before him are Daniel Bernoulli (1700), Pope Adrian VI (1459), Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (1880), Gerard 't Hooft (1946), Pieter Zeeman (1865), and M. C. Escher (1898). After him are Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff (1852), Johannes Diderik van der Waals (1837), Juliana of the Netherlands (1909), Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1165), Rutger Hauer (1944), and Louis van Gaal (1951).

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Among EXPLORERS In Netherlands

Among explorers born in Netherlands, Willem Barentsz ranks 2. Before him are Abel Tasman (1603). After him are Jan van Riebeeck (1619), Frederick de Houtman (1571), Jacob Roggeveen (1659), Willem Schouten (1567), Willem Janszoon (1570), Cornelis de Houtman (1565), Alexandrine Tinné (1835), Anthony van Diemen (1593), Jacob van Heemskerck (1567), and Olivier van Noort (1558).

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