Didrik Pining
✓ Source-basedrisingGerman privateer and nobleman (d. 1491)
Fame48.6
Momentum18.8
Languages11
Peak1930s
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Didrik Pining was a German privateer, nobleman, and governor of Iceland and Vardøhus.
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![Figures from modern times (20th century) of Pining and his partner Pothorst by Bernhard Hoetger at the Bremen Böttcherstraße Haus des Glockenspiels. The image is based on the notion of them having reached America and also encountered a Native American.[1]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/BremenHoetgerHdG02.jpg/500px-BremenHoetgerHdG02.jpg)
Figures from modern times (20th century) of Pining and his partner Pothorst by Bernhard Hoetger at the Bremen Böttcherstraße Haus des Glockenspiels. The image is based on the notion of them having reached America and also encountered a Native American.[1]![Olaus Magnus' account is illustrated by one of his woodcuts (seen above), resembling the southern Greenland coast where Hvidserk is seen, and the explorers combating Eskimos.[26]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Olaus_Magnus_-_On_the_dwarfs_of_Greenland_and_the_rock_of_Hvitsark_I.jpg/1280px-Olaus_Magnus_-_On_the_dwarfs_of_Greenland_and_the_rock_of_Hvitsark_I.jpg)
Olaus Magnus' account is illustrated by one of his woodcuts (seen above), resembling the southern Greenland coast where Hvidserk is seen, and the explorers combating Eskimos.[26]Historical Figures from Germany 6
About this person
Country
GermanyCategory
Historical Figures
Type
Historical Figure
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1422 to 1491 · aged 69
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