Portion of 1598 map of Arctic exploration by Willem Barentsz. Spitsbergen, here mapped for the first time, is indicated as "Het Nieuwe Land" (Dutch for "the New Land"), center-left.
Original charts by Willem Barentsz, drawn by Cornelis Claesz, engraved by Baptista van Doetecum
1598, misdated to 1599 for no stated reason but possibly a 2nd edition or reprint
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ub.uit.no/northernlights/eng/svalbard02.htm">Northern Lights Route project</a> at the University Library of Tromsø, from an original print based on Barentsz's charts