Willoughby came no where near Spitsbergen in 1553. His farthest north was only 72 degrees north, a full four degrees south of Spitsbergen's southern point. He either sighted Novaya Zemlya or Kolguyev Island. Also, there is absolutely no evidence that the historical Svalbard refers to modern Spitsbergen. Barentsz 1596 sighting of Spitsbergen is the first documented European discovery of the island. Also, Conway referred to the Dutch spelling Spitsbergen (the only correct spelling in English) as the correct version seeing as how it was a Dutchman (not a German) who had actually discovered the island.