then Emperor of Germany.

Here he was assisted by the great Kepler, who, on Tycho's death in 1601, succeeded him .-- ED.
{17} The fisheries of Iceland have been very valuable, and indeed the chief source of the commerce of the country ever since it was discovered.
The fish chiefly caught are cod and the tusk or cat-fish.

They are exported in large quantities, cured in various ways.

Since the discovery of Newfoundland, however, the fisheries of Iceland have lost much of their importance.

So early as 1415, the English sent fishing vessels to the Icelandic coast, and the sailors who were on board, it would appear, behaved so badly to the natives that Henry V.had to make some compensation to the King of Denmark for their conduct.