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1597, March 18

Copenhagen

King Christian IV of Denmark permits Hans Holtgreve from Hamburg to trade with the harbour Haneforde in Iceland for one year, on the condition that he will trade commodities of good quality, and will not use false measures and weights.

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.

Copenhagen, Rigsarkivet

Særligt stillede landskaber og unionsriger: D 11 Island og Færøerne, Pakke 28 (Supplement II, no. 25)

One bifolio.

22x34,5cm

Paper

Minor water stains, ink splattered on the back.

Seal disappeared.

High German

On the back: Ist auf 3 jahr prorogiret den 28 octob(ris) 1597" and "Hannß Holtgraffen.