The Fish Lands. German trade with Iceland, Shetland and the Faroe Islands in the late 15th and 16th Century

The late medieval German trade with the North Atlantic islands, in the margins of the Hanseatic trade network, has received only limited scholarly attention. Merchants from predominantly Hamburg and Bremen established direct trade relations with these islands in the late 15th century, and managed to...

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Main Author: Holterman, Bart (auth)
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Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2020
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