English

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

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 · Pritzel · Nissen. Zool · Pilling, J.C. Eskimo language · Brown, J.C. Cat., 1493-1800 · Alden, J.E. European Americana · ESTC

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