Hans Pothorst (c. 1440 – 1490) was a privateer, likely from the German city Hildesheim. In 1925, researcher Sofus Larsen proposed that Pothhorst may have...
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written in the 1570s, a joint crew of Didrik Pining, John Scolvus, Hans Pothorst, Álvaro Martins, and João Vaz Corte-Real in 1472 was granted lands in...
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commanded by two Baltic sailors and pirate hunters, Didrik Pining and Hans Pothorst and possibly also included the Portuguese João Vaz Corte-Real on one...
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1481–1513). Before his employment by the Danes, Pining and his partner Hans Pothorst had also been regarded by the Hanseatic League as "pirates who did much...
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wrote that Eric encouraged a joint expedition by Didrik Pining and Hans Pothorst to investigate the Northwest Passage. Their voyage after Eric's death...
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Arctic exploration and explorers of the Arctic. 1472: Didrik Pining and Hans Pothorst mark the first of the cartographic expeditions to Greenland 1496: Grigoriy...
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Labrador in 1473 and again in 1476. Larsen claimed that Didrik Pining and Hans Pothorst served as captains, while João Vaz Corte-Real and the possibly mythical...
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and that Corte-Real accompanied the German sailors Didrik Pining and Hans Pothorst, as well as (the possibly mythical) John Scolvus. The claim that he...
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Olufsen (1865–1929), Central Asia Didrik Pining (c. 1428–1491), Greenland Hans Pothorst (c. 1440–c. 1490), Greenland Knud Rasmussen (1879–1933), the Arctic...
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and privateer operating in the North Sea. Often partnered with Hans Pothorst. Hans Pothorst c. 1440–1490 Germany A pirate and privateer operating in the...
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Expedition Year(s) Area Leader Pining–Pothorst Expedition 1472 Southeast Greenland Didrik Pining and Hans Pothorst Third Northwest Passage Voyage 1578 South...
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carillon chimes depict famous seafarers and aviators: Leif, Karlsefni Pining, Pothorst Columbus Fulton König Scott, Brown, Alcock Lindbergh Köhl, Fitzmaurice...
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Christian I of Denmark purportedly sent an expedition to the region under Pothorst and Pining to Greenland in 1472 or 1473; Henry VII of England sent another...
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