A description of Greenland: Shewing the natural history, situation, boundaries, and face of the country; the nature of the soil; the rise and progress of the old Norwegian colonies; the ancient and modern inhabitants; their genius and way of life, and produce of the soil; their plants, beasts, fishes, &c. With a new map of Greenland. And several copper plates representing different animals, birds and fishes, the Greenlanders way of hunting and fishing; their habitations, dress, sports and diversions, &c
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| Language: | English |
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London
Printed for C. Hitch in Pater-Noster Row; S. Austen in Newgate-Street; and J. Jackson near St. James's Gate
MDCCXLV. [1745]
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| In: | Year: 1745 |
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Greenland
Description and travel
B Kalâtdlisut dialect Grammar B Indian linguistics Kalâtdlisut dialect B Imprint 1745 B Geography and Anthropology B Eskimos (Greenland) B Natural History (Greenland) B Kalâtdlisut dialect Glossaries, vocabularies, etc B Indian linguistics Eskimo languages B Lutheran Church Creeds B Eskimos Social life and customs (Greenland) B Greenland History B Lutheran Church Catechisms Kalâtdlisut dialect |
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| Item Description: | Translation of: Det gamle Grønlands nye perlustration, eller Naturel-historie, og beskrivelse over det gamle Grønlands situation, luft, temperament og bestaffenhed, first printed in an enlarged edition Copenhagen, 1741, but which first appeared in a pirated edition in Copenhagen, 1729. - A Greenlandic song, composed by Frederick Christian, p. 155-162, is without music and gives a description of the performance. - "Of their language", p. 163-[174], gives a small glossary of Kalâtdlisut dialect words as well as a discussion of grammar; the three articles of faith and the Lord's prayer are also translated into the Greenlandic language. - Signatures: pi a² B-O P |
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