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1551, [March]

[Hamburg]

"Relation" of the negotiations in March in Flensburg, about the hindrance of Copenhagen merchants by those from Hamburg, the captivity of the governor of Iceland and the illegal winter stay of foreign merchants on the island. Hamburg states that its old rights in Iceland have been unfairly violated by the Danish newcomers.

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.

Hamburg, Staatsarchiv der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg

111-1 (Senat), Cl. VII Lit. Kc No. 11, vol. 2 (Islandica 1535-1560)

Booklet of 11 bifolios

17+1, 23

21x33cm

Paper

Water damage on all pages, cover bifolio and binding falling apart

Bound together with a thread

Draft

High German

Booklet marked "B". Note on the back: Relation Islandt. Anno 1551. B. Die Hamburger Ißlandesfahrer kauffleuthe und ire dienere haben der kon. mtt. zu Dennemarcken vogt in Ißlandt todt geschlagen etc.

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