File:Ohthere of Hålogaland's travels.jpg
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Map showing principal places mentioned in Ohthere of Hålogaland's account of his travels, as given to King Alfred of Wessex around 890 AD: note that "White Sea" indicates the general location of the land of the Beormas, which may have lain on either the eastern or the western side of the White Sea; that Skíringssalr, a historical location near Larvik, has commonly been assumed to be the location of the Sciringes heal mentioned by Ohthere, but that this is disputed in favour of a location slightly west of Lindesnes, at the southern tip of modern Norway; that opinion is divided over whether Ohthere's account originally referred to Ireland or Iceland; and that political boundaries shown on this map are modern, having no bearing on the status quo at the time of Ohthere's travels.
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| current | 20:49, 15 January 2017 | | 823 × 618 (334 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | Map showing principal places mentioned in Ohthere of Hålogaland's account of his travels, as given to King Alfred of Wessex around 890 AD: note that "White Sea" indicates the general location of the land of the <i>Beormas</i>, which may have lain on either the eastern or the western side of the White Sea; that <i>Skíringssalr</i>, a historical location near Larvik, has commonly been assumed to be the location of the <i>Sciringes heal</i> mentioned by Ohthere, but that this is disputed in favour of a location slightly west of Lindesnes, at the southern tip of modern Norway; that opinion is divided over whether Ohthere's account originally referred to Ireland or Iceland; and that political boundaries shown on this map are modern, having no bearing on the <i>status quo</i> at the time of Ohthere's travels. |
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