Hans Egede: Colonizer and Missionary of Greenland

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207 pp. Original printed wrappers. Arctic Bibliography 1770: "Contains a brief genealogy of the Egede family, the history of Hans Egede's childhood, his youth and early years as a clergyman in northern Norway, his arrival and years in Greenland; his work as a missionary, and other achievements; Governor Paars' residence in Greenland; the founding of Godthaab; other colonies, and fortifications; the recall of the governor and the military; the abandonment and resurrection of the Greenland colony and the trade through Jacob Severin; the Jochimsson expedition; the smallpox epidemic; Greenlanders in Denmark; Egede's return to Denmark; his first years in Copenhagen and literary activity; his direction of the Greenland mission; his last years and death." Show more