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Helgoland

Heilige Landt; Heiligelandt; Helgoland; Heylige Landt; Hilligen lande

Region/Country: Region/Land: North Sea, Denmark

Small island in the middle of the German bight

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16011213HAM00

1601, December 13

Hamburg

Hans Steinkamp and Bernd Osthoff to Hamburg: complain how the ship of Hans Hare has shipwrecked on Helgoland on its way to Iceland, at which occasion most of their goods were lost, so that they had to cancel the journey to Iceland for this year. Because their license for the harbour Grindewick has expired, however, they ask permission to sail once more next year.

16011228HAM00

1601, December 28

Hamburg

Hamburg to king Christian IV of Denmark: request on behalf of the merchants with Grindewick, to sail one more year to Iceland, because they have lost a lot of their commodities during a shipwreck of Hans Hare's ship on Helgoland in April this year.

16591006BRE00

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1659, October 6

Bremen

Herman Hausman and Henrich Eiling, councillors in Bremen, confirm that they have heard the testimonies of Herman Brunings, Gerdt and Segebad Detken, Herman Segelcken and Cort Lubbers, crew members on the ship of Herman Detken, about how they had to throw cargo overboard to save their ship in a storm on the return journey from Shetland. Also contains the testimony of Herman Detken himself.

17050917LEH00

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1705, September 17

Lehe

Report that Hinrich Gossmann has returned from Shetland to Lehe with a cargo of salted fish, and has told that he had experienced a storm 20 miles north of Helgoland on the night of 13-14 September, in which they lost a small boat (‘chaloupe’) and two Shetland ponies, which were intended for the general-governor. The story was confirmed by three sailors Berendt Flügger from Schönebeck, Cordt Pundt from Lesum parish and Hinrich Busen from Lesum.

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