About Gerrit de Veer
Lived 1570 – 1598 (aged 27–28). Gerrit de Veer was a Dutch explorer, military officer, diarist, writer, ornithologist and seafarer.
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.
He wrote The Three Voyages of William Barents to the Arctic Regions (1594, 1595, and 1596).
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Who was Gerrit de Veer?
Dutch naval officer
When was Gerrit de Veer born?
Gerrit de Veer was born in 1570 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
When did Gerrit de Veer die?
Gerrit de Veer died in 1598.
What was Gerrit de Veer's occupation?
Gerrit de Veer was an explorer, military officer, diarist, writer, ornithologist and seafarer.
What nationality was Gerrit de Veer?
Gerrit de Veer was Dutch.
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