ABSTRACT
TO avoid passing over any work of natural creation in silence, I shall point out here that towards the extreme north of Vásterbotten, in the parish of Lule, belonging to the diocese of Uppsala, there lies a rock in the sea, called the Bjuróklubb in the vernacular, which sailors can see from far off, with three prongs, or a crown, on its lofty peak. 1 If the expert local fishermen did not enjoy the benefit of its conspicuousness, shelter, or anchorage, they would neither lead a safe life nor find convenient food; for it is so amazingly high that, if a thick, dark mist has arisen, when it has been sighted in the midst of the waters (as I experienced in the year of our Lord 1519) 2 , those who are off course find safety. The gloom and darkness of the dense air is generally so heavy that in a small vessel one whose station is at the bow can hardly be picked out from the stern.
Vásterbotten
Lule
Bjuröklubb
This author was preserved From shipwreck, 1519
