cwaener

Updated: August 12, 2026

Neither his account nor that of Ohthere contradicts the opinion then held, that Scandinavia was a large island, and the Gulf of Bothnia or Cwaener Sea flowed into the North Sea. Translated in 1807 by the Rev. James Ingram, M.A., Professor of Anglo-Saxon at the University of Oxford. Now will we describe the geography of Europe, so far, at least, as our knowledge of it extends.

Richard Hakluyt - Discovery of Muscovy