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John Scolvus
Born
about 1435
probably Kolno, Duchy of Masovia
Died
about 1484
Other names
John of Kolno
Alma mater
University of Kraków
Occupations
Maritime explorer
John Scolvus or John of Kolno may have been a navigator of the late 15th century. According to some sources he was among a group of early Europeans to reach the shores of the Americas prior to Columbus, arriving in 1476 as steersman of Didrik Pining, although this view is not supported by contemporary evidence,[1] and as he is not mentioned contemporaneously, his identity and even existence have been disputed.
^So, presumably, had Johannes Scolvus. .... We unfortunately know very little about Pothurst, and even less about Scolvus., Thomas L. Hughes, "The German Discovery of America: A Review of the Controversy over Didrik Pining’s Voyage of Exploration in 1473 in the North Atlantic Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine", in: German Historical Institute Bulletin, No. 33 (Fall 2003)
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