Vers op de verovering van het eiland Funen, 1659 1659

"Gekraakte Neeten. Gevonden in de Vagt vanden uytgebanen Ys-beer fuynen," is a 1659 Dutch broadside that details the capture of a polar bear in the Arctic by a Dutch whaling expedition. The artwork, likely created by an anonymous artist, features a poem in Dutch about the events, along with an illustrative image of the bear and its capture. The broadside would have been used to inform and entertain the general public, highlighting the accomplishments of the whalers and the dangers they faced. The Rijksmuseum houses this important piece of Dutch maritime history.