Didrik Pining
Didrik Pining
also
Dietrich
or
Diderik
(born ca.
1428
in
Hildesheim
,
Germany
) is claimed to have discovered
America
in
1473
20 years before
Columbus
. He was the captain of a German-led, Danish-sponsored, and Portuguese-financed expedition seeking a northwestern route to
Asia
. Pining is said to have landed with three ships in
1473
on
Newfoundland
and
Labrador
together with
Hans Pothorst
also from
Hildesheim
and
Joo Vaz Corte-Real
from
Portugal
. The steersman was Johannes Scolvus aka
John of Kolno
. Didrik Pining was a nobleman who began his career as a
pirate
hunting down English raiders and merchant ships in the
North Atlantic
. Later he was the governor of
Iceland
. Pining Pining, Didrik Pining, Didrik
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