Hans Pothorst

Helsingør church painting of Hans Pothorst[1] and his coat of arms, c. 1493. The banner held by the man to the right says Hans Pothorst, and the one to the left says Dellf maler ("Dellf painter").[2]

Hans Pothorst (c. 1440 – 1490)[3] was a privateer, likely from the German city Hildesheim.[1]

In 1925, researcher Sofus Larsen proposed that Pothhorst may have landed in North America, along with Didrik Pining, in the 1470s, almost twenty years before Columbus' voyages of discovery.[1][4] Scholars now view this as unlikely.[5][6][7][8]

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  2. ^ "Kalkmalerier: Kirkerummet". Øresundstid (in Danish). Retrieved 2 May 2010.
  3. ^ "Hans Pothorst". Den Store Danske Encyklopædi (in Danish). Retrieved 20 November 2010.
  4. ^ "Expedition to Newfoundland 1472". Medieval Histories. 2016-04-07. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  5. ^ Seaver, Kirsten A. (1996). The Frozen Echo: Greenland and the Exploration of North America, ca. A.D. 1000-1500. Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-3161-4. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  6. ^ Jensen, Janus Møller (30 April 2007). Denmark and the Crusades, 1400-1650. BRILL. p. 181. ISBN 978-90-474-1984-6. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  7. ^ Mills, William James (2003). Exploring Polar Frontiers: A Historical Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. p. 185. ISBN 978-1-57607-422-0. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  8. ^ Diffie, Bailey Wallys (1977). Foundations of the Portuguese Empire, 1415-1580. U of Minnesota Press. p. 449. ISBN 978-0-8166-0782-2. Retrieved 16 December 2022.