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Frédérique LagetAn Unfortunate Experience of the North Sea: Venetians at the Lofoten Islands (c.1432) In November 1431, a Venetian ship travelling from the Mediterranean to Flanders veered off course and got lost in the North Sea, where it sank. The survivors drifted for weeks and eventually reached...
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Language: | English |
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Presses universitaires de Rennes
2019
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Online Access: | http://books.openedition.org/pur/117170 |
Summary: | Frédérique LagetAn Unfortunate Experience of the North Sea: Venetians at the Lofoten Islands (c.1432) In November 1431, a Venetian ship travelling from the Mediterranean to Flanders veered off course and got lost in the North Sea, where it sank. The survivors drifted for weeks and eventually reached Røst, an island lying south of the Lofoten islands, without knowing where they were. They were then taken in for three months by the islanders. Three members of this unfortunate crew wrote down th. |
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