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Didrik Pining (c.
1428 –
1491) was a German sailor whom some claim discovered
America in 1473, almost twenty years before
Columbus.
Biography
Didrik (also written
Dietrich or
Diderick) was a native of
Hildesheim in
Germany. Pining left his home at the age of 20 to go to sea. He is first mentioned in history as a
privateer in the service of the
Free City of Hamburg, hunting down English raiders and merchant ships in the
North Atlantic. Later, he was in the service of the king of
Denmark.
It has been claimed that in
1471, Pining was appointed the captain of a
German-led,
Danish-sponsored, and
Portuguese-financed expedition seeking a
northwestern route to
Asia. It is further alleged that Pining sailed with three ships to
Greenland, and then searched further south. He is also claimed to have landed in
1473 on
Newfoundland and
Labrador, together with Hans Pothorst, also from
Hildesheim, and the
Portuguese explorers
João Vaz Corte-Real and
Álvaro Martins. The navigator is supposed to have been the semi-mythical figure named
John Scolvus. Pining allegedly made other visits to
Greenland,
Labrador in
Canada, and in
1476 is claimed to have explored the mouth of the
St Lawrence River.
The claims are regarded as controversial.
In
1478 Didrik Pining became the governor of
Iceland, serving for two years. He died in
Vardø,
Norway in
1491, at the age of 63..
Trivia
- A school in his hometown Hildesheim is named after Didrik.
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