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Wulfstan of Hedeby

800 - 850

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Wulfstan of Hedeby was a late ninth-century traveller and trader. His travel accounts, as well as those of another trader, Ohthere of Hålogaland, were included in the Old English Orosius. It is unclear if Wulfstan was English or indeed if he was from Hedeby, in what is now northern Germany near the city of Schleswig but in the 9th century was Danish. According to this account, Wulfstan undertook a journey by sea from Hedeby to the Prussian trading centre of Truso around the year 880. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wulfstan of Hedeby is the 293rd most popular explorer (down from 235th in 2019). (down from 1,939th in 2019)

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Wulfstan of Hedeby ranks 293 out of 498. Before him are Francis Younghusband, Jim Bridger, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, Anthony Jenkinson, Eusebio Kino, and Roy Chapman Andrews. After him are Jean Louis Marie Poiret, Ingvar the Far-Travelled, Grigory Potanin, Franz de Paula Adam von Waldstein, Juan Pizarro, and Pyotr Beketov.

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Among people born in 800, Wulfstan of Hedeby ranks 57. Before him are Obelerio degli Antenori, Borna, Bardanes Tourkos, Boso the Elder, García Jiménez of Pamplona, and García Galíndez. After him are Ecgberht II of Kent, Saraha, Giovanni Galbaio, Maurizio Galbaio, Coenwulf of Mercia, and Krešimir I of Croatia. Among people deceased in 850, Wulfstan of Hedeby ranks 4. Before him are Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi, Ramiro I of Asturias, and Emperor Ninmyō.

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