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EGEDE, Hans Povelson (1686-1758). A Description of Greenland, shewing the Natural History, Situation, Boundaries, and Face of the Count
8vo (193 x 109 mm). With folding engraved map & 11 engraved plates. (Some light offsetting.) Early 19th-century calf gilt. Provenance: J. Hinde (signature).FIRST ENGLISH EDITION of an exhaustive Danish history of Greenland, with a detailed description of life among the native Greenlanders. Includes a discussion of whaling. Arctic Bibliography 4363; ESTC T144751; European Americana 745/74; Sabin 22028.