| Description |
1 online resource (3 volumes) : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits |
| Contents |
Volume 1: Preface -- Introduction -- The first settlers -- The Norse settlers -- The neo-Eskimos in Greenland -- The Norse settlers from 1100 to 1400 -- The fifteenth century -- The sixteenth century -- Europe and Greenland 1600-1670 -- The West Greenland Eskimo culture after 1650 -- European activity 1670-1700 -- Notes and references -- List of literature -- Glossary -- Index |
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Volume 2: Preface -- Plans, projects and navigation of the Davis Strait 1700-1720 -- Advancement of holy work November 1720 to July 1722 -- The Bergen Company and the mission 1722-1724 -- The Bergen Company: its hopes and decline 1724-1726 -- The mission in Greenland 1724-1727 -- 1727 audit and commission -- The royal Greenland dessein 1727-1728 -- Continuation of the dessein 1729-1730 -- The years of crisis 1730- -1733 -- Hans Egede's last years in Greenland 1733-1736 -- Dutch activity 1734-1750 -- Jacob Sewerin's trading company 1734-1745 -- Jacob Sewerin retires 1745-1749 -- The mission: its background and principles 1733-1750 -- The mission in Greenland 1733-1750 -- Trading company: expansion and endeavour 1750-1774 -- Trade in Greenland 1750-1774 -- The mission 1750-1782 -- The mission and cultural changes 1750-1782 -- Marriage, inheritance and welfare 1750-1782 -- The royal Greenland trade and fishery 1774-1781 -- The royal trade in Greenland 1774-1781 -- Setting up and new plans 1778-1782 -- Note on the source material -- Glossary -- Index |
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Volume 3: Preface -- I. 1782 -- II. The Order of 1782 -- III. The Royal Greenland Trade and Whaling -- IV. The Commission of 1788 -- V. Demography -- VI. Social Conditions -- VII. Occupational Development -- VIII. Whaling after 1788 -- IX. The Trade -- X. The Mission, Science, and Other Aspects of Culture -- XI. Thwarted Reforms -- Notes and References -- Notes on the Source Material -- Glossary -- Indexes -- List of Illustrations and Graphs -- Detailed Contents |
| Notes |
Translation of: Grønlande historie |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record |
| Subject |
Greenland -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Dupont, Ernst, translator
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| ISBN |
0773501193 |
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0773501568 |
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0773592857 |
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0773592865 |
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0773594434 |
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8717050057 (print) |
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9780773501195 (print) |
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9780773501560 (print) |
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9780773592858 (electronic) |
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9780773592865 (electronic) |
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9780773594432 (electronic) |
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9788717050051 (print) |
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