The Fish Lands : German trade with Iceland, Shetland and the Faroe Islands in the late 15th and 16th Century

Based on newly uncovered archival sources as well as archaeological studies, this book offers the first extensive overview of the German trade with the North Atlantic in English. It challenges assumptions about the backwardness of the German North Atlantic trade, and argues that merchants did not so...

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Main Author: Holterman, Bart (auth)
Format: Book Chapter
Published: Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2020
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