Note 1545 — Chapter XII · REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY (continued 2)
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Gesta Hammenb. eccl. pont., IV, 10; IV, 15. In Adam of Bremen’s work the designation “Baltic” probably appears for the first time. Adam says it was so called “because it extends in the form of a belt (baltei)” (Nansen, Northern Mists, 1911, vol. i, p. 185).