TY - EJOUR AU - Marc Banditt T1 - "Wait till the Scots come!" T2 - Copernico. Geschichte und kulturelles Erbe im östlichen Europa PY - 2023/07/21 UR - https://www.copernico.eu/en/link/645b80075ad603.59289358 DA - 2025/11/13 PB - Herder-Institut für historische Ostmitteleuropaforschung - Institut der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft LA - en AB - This old Prussian proverb exhorts us to be patient and wait for the right opportunity. But what does this have to do with the far north of Great Britain? The answer leads us to Gdansk. In the early modern era, the port city attracted numerous merchant ships from the Baltic region and beyond. Some even came from as far away as Scotland to seek their fortune there. KW - Scotland KW - Pröbbernau-Schottland KW - Danzig KW - Kabrun, Jacob KW - Forster, Johann Reinhold KW - Forster, Georg KW - Early modern period KW - Minority KW - Cultural mediation KW - Intercultural communication KW - History KW - Cultural studies L1 - https://www.copernico.eu/en/doi/645b80075ad603.59289358 ER -