1592
Shetlopedia - The Shetland Encyclopaedia
- Timothy Pont receives a Royal Commission to undertake a mineral reconnaissance of Orkney and Shetland
October
- 1st
The vessel Noah's Ark, laden with a cargo of timber, of Danzig, Prussia (now Gdansk, Poland), and for Spain was beached at Burra Firth, Unst. The vessel and cargo were subsequently seized on orders from Earl Patrick Stewart, in return for the offer of only nominal payment.
