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1594, September 1

Hof (Vopnafjörður)

Priest Oddur Torkilsson to king Christian IV of Denmark: complains how the poor people of Vopnafjörður are dependent on the German traders, and therefore asks permission for a ship to sail to Þorshöfn in Langanes.

Created for and published on the HANSdoc website of the German Maritime Museum, Bremerhaven, by Bart Holterman in the context of the research project Between the North Sea and the Norwegian Sea: interdisciplinary Studies of the Hanse. Licensed CC BY.

K1

Copenhagen, Rigsarkivet

Særligt stillede landskaber og unionsriger: D 11 Island og Færøerne, Pakke 24 (Supplement II, no. 9)

One bifolio.

19,5x33,5cm

Paper

Sealed with a signet seal.

Icelandic

On the back: Hierauf ist ein paß auff Langeneß ausgeben, mense martio 1596.

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K2

Copenhagen, Rigsarkivet

Særligt stillede landskaber og unionsriger: D 11 Island og Færøerne, Pakke 24 (Supplement II, no. 9)

One bifolio.

20x32,5cm

Paper

A small piece of the right side of the second page is ripped off.

Translation

Danish

Also contains 15940800VOP00, 15940826VOP00.

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