The Hanseatic trading site at Gunnister Voe, Shetland

[Notes and news] From the early 15th century, ships of the Hanseatic League made their way across the North Atlantic to the Shetland Islands. Although the bare historical outlines of commerce are largely known, the details of the interaction between the merchants from northern Germany who spent three, four or five months trading fish with the Shetlanders still remain obscure