- Hans
Pothorst (c. 1440 – 1490) was a privateer,
likely from the
German city Hildesheim. In 1925,
researcher Sofus L****n
proposed that
Pothhorst may have...
- 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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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 the...
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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 of...
-
wrote that Erik
encouraged a
joint expedition by
Didrik Pining and Hans
Pothorst to
investigate the
Northwest P****age.
Their voyage after Erik's
death is...
- that Corte-Real
accompanied the
German sailors Didrik Pining and Hans
Pothorst, as well as (the
possibly mythical) John Scolvus. The
claim that he discovered...
-
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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exploration and
explorers of the Arctic. 1472:
Didrik Pining and Hans
Pothorst mark the
first of the
cartographic expeditions to
Greenland 1496: Grigoriy...
-
privateer operating in the
North Sea.
Often partnered with Hans
Pothorst. Hans
Pothorst c. 1440–1490
Germany A
pirate and
privateer operating in the North...
- in 1473 and
again in 1476. L****n
claimed that
Didrik Pining and Hans
Pothorst served as captains,
while João Vaz Corte-Real and the
possibly mythical...
