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| | The Arctic Voyages of Olivier Brunel |
 | | Following complaints from Frederick II of Denmark and Norway, who regarded the region as under his jurisdiction, Jan van der Walle moved further east and established a trading post at Podesjemco, at the mouth of the Dvina. |
 | | In March 1583 Frederick II proposed to Brunel and his Norwegian business associate, Arent Meyer, that they should undertake, at the expense of the consortium of Balthasar de Moucheron, a voyage of discovery to Greenland. |
 | | Their reward would be the reimbursement of their investments, a monopoly of trade with the country, and, if they were to establish themselves in Bergen for that purpose, six years freedom from taxation. |
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