Norse and Aztecs · TURNING POINT · 11th century onward
Lofoten stockfish trade at Vágar (11th century onward)
On the Norse and Aztecs map as “Vágar — the stockfish”
11th century onward — At Vágar in the Lofoten islands fishermen gathered each winter to catch spawning cod, which they dried on wooden racks into stockfish. The fish kept for years without salt and became one of the largest exports of medieval Norway.
- When
- 11th century onward
- Type
- Turning point
- Chapter
- Norse stockfish trade and legacy (chapter 6 of Norse and Aztecs)
- Atlas
- Climate and Innovation: The Norse and the Aztecs, c. 790–1521
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