- The History of Greenland.
The History of Greenland.
Crantz, David.
Brethren's Society for the Furtherance of the Gospel among the Heathen, ( 1767), London
Two vols. (2), lix, 405; (2), 497, (1 errata) pp. b/w plates, folding map.
Price: $650
This is the first edition of an important source of information on the Greenland whale fishery. It also contains information on sea fowl, fish, whale and seal fisheries, as well as customs, habits, religious history, Eskimos, Norse colonies, etc. See Arctic Bib. 3471. Jenkins p. 92. Field 383. A very good copy bound in contemporary calf, rebacked to match, with original spine labels laid down.
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