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1715 Greenland Denmark Iceland Whaling Hunting AMERICA

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1715 Greenland Denmark Iceland Whaling Hunting AMERICA Norse Voyages

‘Relation du Groenland’ is one of the best 17th-century surveys on Greenland, Norway, and Denmark. Written by Isaac de la Peyrere, this work includes much information on reports on whaling in the American Atlantic, Norse voyagers in America, and an account of Jens Munk attempt at a passage to India via the Americas.

This 1715 edition of ‘Relation du Groenland’ features absolutely stunning engravings and maps. Maps include Greenland, Iceland, and the seas north of Asia and Europe. In addition to the maps, the illustrations include views of plants and animals – ginseng root, narwhals – as well as illustrations of natives to Greenland, canoes, and hunting gear.

Item number: #6957

Price: $750

PEYRERE, Isaac de la

Relation du Groenland Contenant l'Histoire des Voyages des Danois pour decouverte de cette Terre

A Amsterdam, J.F. Bernard, 1715.

Details:

Collation: Complete with all pages

XLIV, 65, [1], 200

Lacking title page to 1st work, but else complete

6 engraved plates

References: Sabin 38975; Sabin 4935

Language: French

Binding: Leather; tight & secure

Size: ~6.5in X 4in (16.5cm x 10cm)

Extremely rare with no other example for sale worldwide at present

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