1594
holland
England
Willem Vrelant died in 1482.
Willem Piso died in 1678.
he died
1594
Barents Sea,named after Willem Barents
He was a dutch navigator and died in the artic when he was on the ship Mercury.
Willem Barents lead several expeditions to find a north-east passage to Asia. He discovered Spitsbergen and reached the novaya Zemlya in the north of Russia.
The coordinates 60N 80E correspond to Russia.
the country that sponsored the trip was France.
Two countries actually, Norway and Russia.
Willem Janszoon was Dutch, so he represented the then-country of Holland, now known as The Netherlands.
holland
Barents AirLink was created in 1974.
China sponsored Marco Polo's exploration.