- Occas. trifle foxed; sm. tear in map, sl. affecting the image. Sm. scratch on backcover. Fine copy.
= First Dutch translation of the edition published in Copenhagen, 1741. Hans Egede (1686-1758), a Norwegian-Danish Lutheran missionary and minister, stayed in Greenland from 1721 to 1736. His work is regarded as one of the most trustworthy old accounts."[It] includes an extensive study of the national history of Greenland, together with descriptions of the life and customs of the Greenlanders, their religion, knowledge of the stars, and a brief vocabulary of their language. The portion of the book that deals with Greenland's geography and earlier history was much expanded." (Howgego). With parts on whales and whaling incl. 3 plates (not mentioned by Ingalls) and customs, sports and pastimes of the Eskimos with 4 plates. Holland 1721-22[A], 1723[B], 1728[B] and 1736[B] ("the founder of modern Greenland" [Egede]); Tiele 347; cat. NHSM I, p.301; Sabin 22026; Lauridsen VIII, 194; Chavanne 5256; Muller, America 652; Howgego E17; Jenkins p.97; Henze II, p.154-156; cf. Arctic Bibliography 4364. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXXXVI.