Editing Willem Barentsz (section)

==Legacy==
[[File:Monument to Willem Barents, Vardø, Norway.jpg|thumb|Memorial to Barentsz in [[Vardø Municipality]], [[Norway]].]]
Two of Barentsz' crewmembers later published their journals, [[Jan Huyghen van Linschoten]] who had accompanied him on the first two voyages, and Gerrit de Veer who had acted as the ship's carpenter on the last two voyages.

In 1853, the former ''Murmean Sea'' was renamed [[Barents Sea]] in his honour.<ref>"[http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9013349 Barentsz Sea]." Encyclopædia Britannica. 2007. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 5 December 2007</ref><ref>C. Michael Hogan and Steve Baum. 2010. [http://www.eoearth.org/article/Barents_Sea ''Barents Sea''. Eds. P. Saundry & C. Cleveland. Encyclopedia of Earth. National Council for Science and the Environment. Washington DC]</ref> [[Barentsburg]], the second largest settlement on [[Svalbard]], [[Barentsøya]] (Barents Island) and the [[Barents Region]] were also named after Barentsz.

In the late 19th century, the [[Maritime Institute Willem Barentsz]] was opened on Terschelling.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.miwb.nl/index.php?db=4&maincat=miwb&cat=miwb&menu=MIWB|title=MIWB – NHL Hogeschool. Vergroot je perspectief.|website=www.miwb.nl|access-date=17 July 2017}}</ref>

In 1878, the Netherlands [[Ship naming and launching|christened]] the ''Willem Barentsz'' Arctic exploration ship.<ref>{{cite book |title= De eerste tocht van de Willem Barentsz naar de Noordelijke IJszee 1878|last= Bruijne|first= Antonius de|author2=Balje, Bastiaan Gerardus |year= 1985}}</ref>

In 1931, Nijgh & Van Ditmar published a play written by [[Albert Helman]] about Barentsz' third voyage, although it was never performed.

In 1946, the [[Whaling|whaling ship]] ''Pan Gothia'' was re-christened the ''Willem Barentsz''. In 1953, the second ''Willem Barentsz'' whaling ship was produced.<ref>{{cite book |title=De Nederlandsche Maatschappij voor de Walvischvaart |last= Boot|first= W.J.J. |year= 1987|publisher= Bataafsche Leeuw|location= Amsterdam|isbn= 978-90-6707-129-1}}</ref>

A [[protein]] in the molecular structure of the [[Drosophila melanogaster|fruit fly]] was named ''Barentsz'', in honour of the explorer.<ref>{{cite book |title= Barentsz is essential for the posterior localization of oskar mRNA and colocalizes with it to the posterior pole|author=Van Eeden, F.J.M. |author2=Palacios, I.M. |author3=Petronczki, M. |author4=Weston, M.J.D. |author5=St. Johnston, D. |year= 2001}}</ref>

Dutch filmmaker [[Reinout Oerlemans]] released a film called ''[[Nova Zembla (film)|Nova Zembla]]'' in November 2011. It is the first Dutch 3D feature film.

In 2011, a team of volunteers started building a replica of Barentsz' ship in the Dutch town of [[Harlingen, Netherlands|Harlingen]]. The plan was to have the ship ready by 2018, when the [[Tall Ships' Races]] was scheduled to visit Harlingen.<ref>{{in lang|nl}} [http://www.debarentsz.nl/ Website of the ''Stichting Expeditieschip Willem Barentsz'']</ref>