Gerrit de Veer

Summary

Gerrit de Veer (c. 1570–after 1598) was a Dutch officer on Willem Barentsz' second and third voyages of 1595 and 1596 respectively, in search of the Northeast passage.

Novaya Zemlya's west coast as depicted in De Veer's diary

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.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ Lips, Paul (23 January 2003). "Hypervitaminosis A and Fractures". New England Journal of Medicine. 348 (4): 347–349. doi:10.1056/NEJMe020167. ISSN 0028-4793. PMID 12540650.