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1571, January 25

Bremen

Bremen to king Frederick II of Denmark: complain about the use of the harbour Stappe in Iceland by a Hamburg merchant, who interferes with business of Bremen merchants in nearby Bodenstede, and asks the king to prevent this.

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1584

Copenhagen

Overview of the harbours in Iceland in use in the years 1584-1592.

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1592, December 31

Bremen

Carsten Bake to the Danish council of the Realm: describes the long tradition of his family of trading in Iceland, and complains about how he had to use different harbours all the time. Therefore, he requests a license for the harbours Neswage and Hellesandt.

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1601

Overview of the harbours in use in Iceland and in which year their licenses expire, 1601-1603.

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1610, December 17

Oldenburg

Schweder Timmerman to count Anton Günther of Oldenburg: as the Danish merchants licensed with the Icelandic trade do not use the harbour Flatto at the moment, Timmerman requests to use that harbour for the time being, and afterwards one of the harbours Bodenstede, Stappe, or Reff.

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1611, February 7

Oldenburg

Count Anton Günther of Oldenburg to king Christian IV of Denmark: writes that he has heard that the Copenhagen trade monopoly of Iceland will be revised, and therefore requests the use of one of the harbours Bodenstede, Stappe or Reff.