Sun dogs halo [Troisieme Partie]
Amsterdam: Cornelius Claesz (Cornille Nicolas), 1609. Engraving. Uncolored. Sheet measures 12.75" x 9.25" Side view of two of the ships used by Willem Barentsz in his third voyage during his Arctic explorations in search of the Northeast Passage. The text above the view describes the curious phenomenon illustrated in the top center, "For the sake of a marvelous Meteor, seen on the 4th day, in the year 1596, for each side of the Sun was another shining Sun, and two..... More