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Hedendaagsche historie; of, Tegenwoordige staat van Groenland, en Straat Davids, : met betrekking tot derzelver ligging, bewooners, gebouwen, zeden, gewoonten, godsdienst, regeering koophandel, landbouw, landziekten, planten, dieren, en andere zaaken tot de natuurlyke historie dier landen behoorende; benevens, eene uitvoerige beschryving, van de walvisch- en robben-vangst; met plaanten en kaarten
Amsterdam: by W. Vermandel en J.W. Smit, 1786
Physical Description: 3 v. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. (8vo)
Call number: D786 S172h
Accession number: 03876
Notes: Can be attributed to Thomas Salmon from other titles published in the Hedendaagsche historie in Amsterdam from 1745 to 1769. Incorrectly attributed to David Crantz by the University of Amsterdam online catalog. Translation of the part relating to Greenland of: Modern history: or, the present state of all nations, describing their respective situations, persons, habits, buildings, manners, laws and customs, religion and policy, arts and sciences, trades, manufactures and husbandry, plants, animals and minerals, of which the third edition can first be traced, printed in 9 volumes, Dublin, 1724-1728. Includes a small list of vocabulary, a discussion of grammar and the Credo in Latin and in the Kalâtdlisut dialect in vol. 1, p. 246-256; also includes a selection of phrases in the Kalâtdlisut dialect and Dutch in vol. 3, p. 236-238, and texts in the Kalâtdlisut dialect and Dutch in vol. 3, p. 352-357.
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Languages: Kalâtdlisut
Genre: Vocabulary
Region: Arctic
