X-Nico

3 unusual facts about Daniel Strejc-Vetterus


Daniel Strejc-Vetterus

Strejc used description by of Iceland by Dithmar Blefken (1607), work of David Fabricius (1616) based on Blefken's work and the map and description from the 1590 atlas Theatrum Orbis Terrarum by Abraham Ortelius which was based a map by Iceland bishop Gudbrand Thórlaksson.

Both travelers left Bremen on May 16, 1613 and on June 7, 23 days later, the ship landed in the western part of Iceland, in Nesvogur bay under the hill Helgafell.

On the invitation of bishop Oddur Einarsson they rode to his seat in Skálholt and after four days moved to Bessastadir in the Hvalfjörður.



see also