iraland

Updated: May 8, 2025

During this voyage, the navigator must sail near the land, or make a coasting voyage along the coast of Norway towards the south, having Iraland , and the islands which are between that country and Norway, on his right hand; for this country continues all the way on the left hand of the navigator, from Halgoland to Sciringes-heal.

Robert Kerr - A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 01 : Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time

First of all, he has Scotland, called Iraland, evidently by mistake, and the Orkney and Shetland islands, which lie between Scotland and Halgoland, on his right hand; and the continent is continually on his left hand, all the way, until he arrive at Sciringes- heal.

Robert Kerr - A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 01 : Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time

The alteration in the text removes the ambiguity E. Cwenland and the Cwenas appear to refer to Lapmark, and its inhabitants, the Finlanders. Forst. See Sect. iii. p. 12, in which this place is supposed by Mr J. R. Forster to have been where Stockholm now is. Iraland obviously here means Scotland, with the Faro, Shetland, and Orkney islands. This is plainly the isle of Gothland.

Robert Kerr - A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 01 : Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time