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Kven Sea (''Cwen sea'') is mentioned as the northern border for the ancient Germania in the "The Old English Orosius", the history of the world published in England in 890 CE with a commission from King Alfred the Great himself. It was probably the same as the Gulf of Finland, although Arctic Ocean and Gulf of Bothnia have also been suggested. ==Kven Sea in ''Orosius''== Included in ''Orosius'', there is a short description of Kvenland by a Norwegian viking Ottar. It seems probable that information about Kven Sea was originally also from him. Kven Sea by that name is unknown outside ''Orosius''. Borders of the ancient Germania were described in ''Orosius'' as follows:〔(Geography of Alfred )〕 :"From the Tanais (River Don) westwards to the Rhine, which takes its rise in the Alps, and runs northward, till it falls into that branch of the ocean which surrounds Bryttannia, and southward from the Tanais to the Donua or Danube, whose source is near that of the Rhine, and which runs to the northward of Greece, till it empties itself into the Euxine, and north even to that part of the ocean which is called the Kven Sea (Cwen sea), there are many nations; and the whole of this extensive country is called Germania." It seems that the text refers to the Arctic Ocean (or its southern part Barents Sea, or even the White Sea), but gives it a name "Kven Sea".〔Styffe, Carl Gustav. ''Skandinavien under unionstiden''. (Stockholm 1876). Pp. 300-314.〕 The name is however not found anywhere else. The text does not cite Ottar as its source, but it seems reasonable to assume so. Ottar's story elsewhere in ''Orosius''〔(Ottar's description of northern people )〕 contained a lengthy description how he sailed along the coast of Arctic Ocean far to the east, presumably even deep into the White Sea. He listed different people he met along the way, but he did not mention Kvens to have any presence on that area. Scribes working on ''Orosius'' had other problems with the northern seas: :"The Swedes (''Sweons'') have to the south the arm of the sea called Ost --" which refers to the Baltic Sea. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kven Sea」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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