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GREENLAND -- CRANZ, D. Historie van Groenland behelzende eene nauwkeurige beschrijvinge van 's lands ligging, gesteldheid, en natuurlijke zeldzaamheden; den aart, zeden en gewoonten der inwooneren aan de West-zijde bij de Straate Davis (...). Haarlem/Amst., C.H. Bohn & H. de Wit, 1767. 3 vols. xxxiv, 356; (2), 282; (2), 382, (2) pp. W. 2 fold. engr. maps & 11 plates (with 12 ills.) by J. Swertner. Cont. hcf., uncut. (Joints partly split, some spine ends chipped, corners bumped, text (a bit) browned/foxed in places, but the plates are clean).
First Dutch edition of this history on Greenland by the German theologian and missionary D. Cranz. Very popular account and early source of knowledge about Greenland, its inhabitants, nature, manners and customs, whales and whaling-industry, the Eskimos etc. - Tiele 282; Sabin 17415; Cat. NHSM p. 302.€ 400
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