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Det gamle Grønlands nye perlustration, eller, Naturel-historie... forfattet af Hans Egede, forhen missionair udi Gronland.
Copenhagen: Johan Christoph Groth, 1741
Physical Description: [12], 131, [3] p., [12] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., maps ; 19 cm. (4to)
Call number: G741/ E29g
Accession number: 01609
Notes: A Greenlandic song, composed by Friedrich Christian, p. 86-93, is without music and gives a description of the performance.
"Grønlaendernes sprog of tale", p. 94-105, 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. Date of publication printed after place of publication on title page.
The first edition was a pirated edition and was published in Copenhagen in 1729 without the author's permission. This issue is much enlarged.
"Grønlands første bebyggelse, samt betaenkning om den gl. Norske colonies undergang, og om der paa den øster-side endnu ikke skulde findes reliqvier efter de gamle norske, og om samme district ikke igien kand hittes.": p. 4-22.
Digital facsimile copy of book available.
Languages: Inuit-Inupiaq / Eskimo / Kalâtdlisut
Genre: Catechisms and Creeds / Vocabulary
Region: Arctic
