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15130618KOB00

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1513, June 18

Report of Hamburg secretary Johann Reinken about the negotiations of Hanseatic cities with Denmark in Copenhagen, in which among others the King and the Council of the Realm state that Bremen and Hamburg are only allowed to trade in Iceland if they bring the fish to England.

15320910LON00

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1532, September 10

London

Eldermen of the Hanseatic Kontor in London to Hamburg: Thomas Cromwell has complained about attacks of Hamburg and Bremen merchants on the ship of English merchant Nicolas Gybson in the harbour Grindewick, whereby they killed 15 men on board and confiscated the ship. It is demanded that Hamburg settles the matter with Cromwell, in order not to endanger the Kontor's position in England.

15840000KOB00

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1584

Copenhagen

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

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1653, February 28

Bremen

Bremen to the States General of the Dutch Republic: request for free passage to Shetland for the two ships of Herman Deetken and Jasper Büsing, during the war with England.