Didrik Pining was a German privateer, nobleman and governor of Iceland and Vardøhus.
Figures from modern times (20th century) of Pining and his partner Pothorst by Bernhard Hoetger at the Bremen Böttcherstraße Haus des Glockenspiels. The image is based on the notion of them having reached America and also encountered a Native American.
Olaus Magnus' account is illustrated by one of his woodcuts (seen above), resembling the southern Greenland coast where Hvidserk is seen, and the explorers combating Eskimos.
Hildesheim is a city in Lower Saxony, in north-central Germany with 101,693 inhabitants. It is in the district of Hildesheim, about 30 km (19 mi) southeast of Hanover on the banks of the Innerste River, a small tributary of the Leine River.
Ottonian architecture in St. Michael's Church
Image: Hildesheim, Dom 20171201 001
Image: Hildesheim Knochenhauer HD
Image: Brühl Nr.31