Carsten Richardson
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Carsten Richardson was an early 17th century Holstein
ian-Danish
naval officer and Arctic explorer. He is most noted for his role in King Christian IV's Expeditions to Greenland
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Carsten Richardson was in command of one of five ships in the 1606 expedition to Greenland
led by Godske Lindenov
and sent by Christian IV of Denmark
to locate the lost Eastern Norse Settlement
and to assert Danish sovereignty. In the following year, Richardson was made leader of a failed expedition with the same purpose, equipped with two ships, the flagship Trost and The Greenlandic Bark, and 44 men. Dense sea ice prevented them from landing on the Greenland coast, which was in sight.
Holstein
Holstein is the region between the rivers Elbe and Eider. It is part of Schleswig-Holstein, the northernmost state of Germany....
ian-Danish
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
naval officer and Arctic explorer. He is most noted for his role in King Christian IV's Expeditions to Greenland
Christian IV's Expeditions to Greenland
Christian IV's Expeditions was a series of expeditions in the years 1605-1607 to Greenland and Arctic waterways sent by King Christian IV of Denmark in order to locate the lost Eastern Norse Settlement and assert Danish sovereignty over Greenland....
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Carsten Richardson was in command of one of five ships in the 1606 expedition to Greenland
Greenland
Greenland is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Though physiographically a part of the continent of North America, Greenland has been politically and culturally associated with Europe for...
led by Godske Lindenov
Godske Lindenov
Godske Christoffersen Lindenov was a Danish naval offiver and Arctic explorer. He is most noted for his role in King Christian IV's Expeditions to Greenland...
and sent by Christian IV of Denmark
Christian IV of Denmark
Christian IV was the king of Denmark-Norway from 1588 until his death. With a reign of more than 59 years, he is the longest-reigning monarch of Denmark, and he is frequently remembered as one of the most popular, ambitious and proactive Danish kings, having initiated many reforms and projects...
to locate the lost Eastern Norse Settlement
Eastern Settlement
The Eastern Settlement was the largest and first of the three areas of Greenland, settled in approximately 985 AD by Norse farmers from Iceland . At its peak it contained approximately 4,000 inhabitants...
and to assert Danish sovereignty. In the following year, Richardson was made leader of a failed expedition with the same purpose, equipped with two ships, the flagship Trost and The Greenlandic Bark, and 44 men. Dense sea ice prevented them from landing on the Greenland coast, which was in sight.
See also
- Cartographic expeditions to GreenlandCartographic expeditions to Greenland....
- List of Arctic expeditions