Complex sentence: In June 1594, Linschoten sailed from Texel in the expedition headed by Dutch cartographer Willem Barentsz in a fleet of three ships to enter the Kara Sea, with the hopes of finding the Northeast passage above Siberia.
Split into simpler sentences: In June 1594, Linschoten sailed from Texel in the expedition headed by Dutch cartographer Willem Barentsz. The fleet of three ships was to enter the Kara Sea, with the hopes of finding the Northeast passage above Siberia.