John Cunningham (explorer)
John Cunningham (
Governor of Finnmark
.
Biography
In 1605, Cunningham became captain of the 60-ton Danish naval ship
Norse settlements in Greenland, the first of three annual expeditions sent between 1605 and 1607. Cunningham served as the chief commander, following the piloting of James Hall and commanding Godske Lindenov in the Løven and John Knight
in the Katten.
During the Lindenov expedition of 1606, Cunningham served as the captain of the Løven under Lindenov's command. In 1615, Cunningham was among the commanders aboard the naval expedition under
Faeroes
, and Iceland of illegal whalers and pirates.
In 1619, Cunningham was made
Sami population.[2]
References
Footnotes
- ^ Gosch 1897, p. xxviii.
- ^ MacKillop & Murdoch 2003, p. 45.
Bibliography
- Blix Hagen, R. (2012). "John Cunningham: en skotte i Finnmark" (PDF). Ottar. Vol. 5, no. 293. pp. 26–33. ISSN 1501-6986.
- Brica, C. F. (1890). "Cunningham, John". Gyldendalske Boghandel.
- Conway, W. M. (1906). No Man's Land: a history of Spitsbergen. OCLC 1117546969.
- Dalgård, S. (1962). Dansk-Norsk Hvalfangst, 1615–1660 (in Danish). Copenhagen: OCLC 774215654.
- Gosch, C. C. A., ed. (1897). OCLC 2580745.
- MacKillop, A.; Murdoch, S. (2003). Military Governors and Imperial Frontiers, c. 1600–1800. Leiden: ISBN 9789004129702.
- Oleson, T. J. (1966). "Cunningham, John". Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. 1. University of Toronto.
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