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15930302KOB01

1593, March 2

Copenhagen

King Christian IV of Denmark permits Hans von Hutlen from Hamburg to trade with the harbour Kibbelwick in Iceland for three years, on the condition that he will trade commodities of good quality, and will not use false measures and weights.

15951125HAM00

1595, November 25

Hamburg

Hamburg to king Christian IV of Denmark: request for renewal of the license for the harbour Kibbelwick in Iceland, on behalf of Hans von Hutlen.

16020830HAM00

1602, August 30

Hamburg

Hamburg to king Christian IV of Denmark: witness accounts of eight persons who sailed with Johan Holtgreve from Helsingør to Spakenefeldshovede in Iceland, who was accused by Copenhagen merchants that he interfered with their business by visiting the harbour Botsand. They tell how they could not reach Spakenefeldtshovede because of the sea ice, and were welcomed by the locals in Botsand because the Danish merchants in Kibbelwick would not trade with them.

16030400HAM00

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1603, April

[Hamburg]

Merchants who sail to Haneforde to Hamburg: reply to the complaints of the Kibbelwick merchants, in which they state that they had hired space on the Kibbelwick ship, but they were too far away and left too soon to load it, so that they had to dangerously overload their own ship.