Summary of Andrea Pitzer's Icebound

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#1 In 1594, William Barents prepared to sail off the edge of the known world. He would leave in the spring for distant Nova Zembla, whose shores stretched hundreds of miles above the Russian mainland. He intended to follow its coastline north as far as he could go.

#2 While Barents had gotten an education, he was still very much a merchant sailor who was hired to explore commercial areas. He was far from famous, and his country’s future wasn’t yet written.

#3 The Dutch rebellion was the first modern revolution against a monarch. It was also the first to reject monarchy itself. The Dutch gained independence, and their land was split in half due to the conflict.

#4 In 1594, William Barents set out to prove that a northern passage existed, between the Arctic and far Eastern empires. He set out in a time of cataclysmic change, with upheaval reshaping every corner of Dutch life.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jun 8, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822534285

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Insights on Andrea Pitzer's Icebound

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

In 1594, William Barents prepared to sail off the edge of the known world. He would leave in the spring for distant Nova Zembla, whose shores stretched hundreds of miles above the Russian mainland. He intended to follow its coastline north as far as he could go.

#2

While Barents had gotten an education, he was still very much a merchant sailor who was hired to explore commercial areas. He was far from famous, and his country’s future wasn’t yet written.

#3

The Dutch rebellion was the first modern revolution against a monarch. It was also the first to reject monarchy itself. The Dutch gained independence, and their land was split in half due to the conflict.

#4

In 1594, William Barents set out to prove that a northern passage existed, between the Arctic and far Eastern empires. He set out in a time of cataclysmic change, with upheaval reshaping every corner of Dutch life.

#5

The Dutch had just perfected the fluyt, a pear-bottomed craft meant for trade, not war. The first ship dedicated to cargo instead of battle was launched that year. With the flexibility, speed, and economy of its shipbuilding ascendant, the Dutch Republic found itself in position to stake a claim as a maritime empire.

#6

The Dutch Republic, which was formed in 1581, had a navy at the time, but it was initially incapable of protecting merchant ships from pillage. The Sea Beggars, a group of disenfranchised local noblemen and pirates, harassed ships and raided Spanish vessels for goods.

#7

The Vikings were a group of explorers who sailed to northern Africa, the Iberian Peninsula, and Britain in the centuries after Pytheas. They also explored and colonized Greenland.

#8

The Vikings made their own marine innovations, such as