Word: gotland
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...island of Gotland in the Baltic, 130 miles southeast of Stockholm, said Dr. Derby, lies the city of Wisby. During the 12th and 13th centuries Wisby was a great distributing centre through which passed the trade from the East. The wealth of the city grew mightily until in the 14th century a rich merchant of the town who had become discontented, fied to the king of Denmark, Waldemar, and excited him to plunder Wisby...