Norse and Aztecs · TURNING POINT ·
Ohthere of Hålogaland (c. 890)
On the Norse and Aztecs map as “Hålogaland — Ohthere’s home”
c. 890 — A chieftain from Hålogaland named Ohthere told King Alfred of Wessex that he lived further north than any other Norwegian, hunted walrus for their tusks and their hides for ship ropes, and collected tribute in furs and hides from the Sámi.
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- Turning point
- Chapter
- Viking expansion and the longship (chapter 2 of Norse and Aztecs)
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- Climate and Innovation: The Norse and the Aztecs, c. 790–1521
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