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'''Pieter Kielmann''' ([[Hendalarskisch]]: ''Píter Kílman''; 30th May 1619 - 21st May 1693) was a [[Hendalarsk|Hendalarskara]] merchant, explorer, cartographer and writer known for his accounts of his travels in, around and beyond Levantia during the seventeenth century; these are considered some of the earliest classic literature in the Hendalarskara language. As Hendalarsk became a more stagnant and isolated society in the century after his death, his chronicles and maps are also considered some of the last great works of the Hendalarskara Golden Age. | '''Pieter Kielmann''' ([[Hendalarskisch]]: ''Píter Kílman''; 30th May 1619 - 21st May 1693) was a [[Hendalarsk|Hendalarskara]] merchant, explorer, cartographer and writer known for his accounts of his travels in, around and beyond Levantia during the seventeenth century; these are considered some of the earliest classic literature in the Hendalarskara language. As Hendalarsk became a more stagnant and isolated society in the century after his death, his chronicles and maps are also considered some of the last great works of the Hendalarskara Golden Age. | ||
Born into a Hernemünde mercantile family, the young Píter (in his own telling) acquired his love for nautical travel while accompanying his father Henrik on trade trips along the Herne river and across the central Vandarch to the [[Pentapolis]]; the Kílmans were copper merchants and the [[Maximilianic Unification]] had fully opened the Herne watershed (and its rich seams of copper) to commercial interests. | ==Early life== | ||
Born into a Hernemünde mercantile family, the young Píter (in his own telling) acquired his love for nautical travel while accompanying his father Henrik on trade trips along the Herne river and across the central Vandarch to the [[Pentapolis]]; the Kílmans were copper merchants and the [[Maximilianic Unification]] had fully opened the Herne watershed (and its rich seams of copper) to commercial interests. Píter was remarkably well-educated even by the standards of a merchant; in addition to the typical education in mathematics, navigation and languages such as Middle [[Pentapolitan Argot|Argot]], [[Fhasen]], [[Khunyer language|Khunyer]], [[Burgoignesc language|Burgoignesc]] and [[Lebhan language|Lebhan]], he was also a keen student of Hernemündre history and had some knowledge of engineering principles. | |||
By the age of 18, Píter was conducting his own voyages to the Kílmans' factor in [[Jendaburg]], where the family's copper was eagerly sought by the island's many gunsmiths; it was on Jendaburg that Píter also met his future wife, Íbhe, the daughter of a prominent local syndic. The two were married in 1638, in a strategic marriage which nevertheless soon became a love match and produced three children. Tragedy struck in 1641 - Henrik died in the waters off the Pentapolis when his ship struck a reef and foundered, along with its copper cargo. Píter's older brother Mikel inherited control of the family firm, with Píter as a minor partner, and over the subsequent decade the two brothers worked to repair the damage of 1641 and then take the firm to new heights. Píter remained in Mikel's employ as a trusted lieutenant until 1651, but then requested that Mikel buy him out so that he could dedicate himself fully to exploration. | |||
==Vandarch journeys== | |||
Kilman sailed from Hernemünde to [[Hukenen]], then as now the political centre of the Pentapolis, in January 1651. The journey, although 500 miles as the crow flies, took Kilman's crew closer to 750 miles; premodern Gothic sailors had a tradition of sailing in sight of land wherever possible. This was doubly important in Kilman's case, since the main aim of his expedition was to make more accurate charts than any which had previously been compiled. The journey consequently took 21 days, far longer than the week a sailing ship might typically expect to take, as Kilman and his crew regularly stopped off at coastal villages to check their bearings and amend their records. | |||
==Circumnavigating Levantia== | |||
==Later life and death== | |||
==Legacy and scholarly reception== | |||
===Veracity of account=== | |||
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Píter Kílman | |
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.jpg) A portrait of Kílman from 1670, shortly after his return from the Levantine circumnavigation. Painted by Gerolt Anderssón. | |
| Born | May 30, 1619 |
| Died | May 21, 1693 (aged 73) Hernemünde, Hendalarsk |
| Occupation | Merchant, explorer, cartographer, author |
| Known for | Charting the Vandarch Circumnavigating and mapping the Levantine coast |
Notable work | Two Years in the Vandarch Five Years 'Round Levantia |
Pieter Kielmann (Hendalarskisch: Píter Kílman; 30th May 1619 - 21st May 1693) was a Hendalarskara merchant, explorer, cartographer and writer known for his accounts of his travels in, around and beyond Levantia during the seventeenth century; these are considered some of the earliest classic literature in the Hendalarskara language. As Hendalarsk became a more stagnant and isolated society in the century after his death, his chronicles and maps are also considered some of the last great works of the Hendalarskara Golden Age.
Early life
Born into a Hernemünde mercantile family, the young Píter (in his own telling) acquired his love for nautical travel while accompanying his father Henrik on trade trips along the Herne river and across the central Vandarch to the Pentapolis; the Kílmans were copper merchants and the Maximilianic Unification had fully opened the Herne watershed (and its rich seams of copper) to commercial interests. Píter was remarkably well-educated even by the standards of a merchant; in addition to the typical education in mathematics, navigation and languages such as Middle Argot, Fhasen, Khunyer, Burgoignesc and Lebhan, he was also a keen student of Hernemündre history and had some knowledge of engineering principles.
By the age of 18, Píter was conducting his own voyages to the Kílmans' factor in Jendaburg, where the family's copper was eagerly sought by the island's many gunsmiths; it was on Jendaburg that Píter also met his future wife, Íbhe, the daughter of a prominent local syndic. The two were married in 1638, in a strategic marriage which nevertheless soon became a love match and produced three children. Tragedy struck in 1641 - Henrik died in the waters off the Pentapolis when his ship struck a reef and foundered, along with its copper cargo. Píter's older brother Mikel inherited control of the family firm, with Píter as a minor partner, and over the subsequent decade the two brothers worked to repair the damage of 1641 and then take the firm to new heights. Píter remained in Mikel's employ as a trusted lieutenant until 1651, but then requested that Mikel buy him out so that he could dedicate himself fully to exploration.
Vandarch journeys
Kilman sailed from Hernemünde to Hukenen, then as now the political centre of the Pentapolis, in January 1651. The journey, although 500 miles as the crow flies, took Kilman's crew closer to 750 miles; premodern Gothic sailors had a tradition of sailing in sight of land wherever possible. This was doubly important in Kilman's case, since the main aim of his expedition was to make more accurate charts than any which had previously been compiled. The journey consequently took 21 days, far longer than the week a sailing ship might typically expect to take, as Kilman and his crew regularly stopped off at coastal villages to check their bearings and amend their records.