A description of Greenland Description of Greenland: showing 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, etc Gamle Grønlands nye perlustration. English Egede, Hans 1686-1758 text biography enk London Printed for T. & J. Allman, Princes Street, Hanover Square W.M. Reid, Charing Cross and Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, Paternoster Row. 1818 A New edition / monographic eng kal dan print viii, [3], cviii-cxviii, [1], x-ciii, [1], 225, [1] p., [1] folded leaf of plates : ill., map. ; 24 cm. By Hans Egede, who was a missionary in that country for twenty-five years. Colophon reads: Charles Wood, printer, Poppin's Court, Fleet Street, London. 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 facsimile of the London, 1745 title page, without imprint, appears on p. [ix] and reads: A description of Greenland: showing 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, etc. By Hans Egede, missionary in that country for twenty-five years. Translated from the Danish. "Sketch of the life of Hans Egede": p. [xciii]-ciii. "A Greenlandic song, composed by Frederick Christian, a native", p. 158-164, is without music and gives a description of the performance. "Of their language", p. 165-178, 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 (pi2 verso blank) a (-a8) (gathering a missigned h) (a1 verso blank) b-g (g2, g8 versos blank) B-P chi1. Engraved vignette on a ship in the ice on title page; head pieces. n-gl--- Egede, Hans 1686-1758 Lutheran Church Catechisms Kalâtdlisut dialect Lutheran Church Creeds Eskimos Greenland Eskimos Greenland Social life and customs Natural history Greenland Kalâtdlisut dialect Grammar Kalâtdlisut dialect Glossaries, vocabularies, etc Indian linguistics Kalâtdlisut dialect Indian linguistics Eskimo languages Greenland History Greenland Description and travel Imprint 1818. England London Sabin 22029 a 18001247 720382382 aacr dcrm Harvard Univ. Library 110505 20111213133844.0 ocn720382382 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.5 using MARC21slim2MODS3-5.xsl (Revision 1.106 2014/12/19) eng descriptionofgre01eged