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A

DESCRIPTION

OF

GREENLAND.

SHEWING

The Natural Hiſtory, Situation, Boundaries, and Face of the Country; the Nature of the Soil; the Riſe and Progreſs of the old Norwegian Colonies; the ancient and modern Inhabitants; their Genius and Way of Life, and Produce of the Soil; their Plants, Beaſts, Fiſhes, &c.

WITH

A new Map of GREENLAND.

AND

Several Copper Plates repreſenting different Animals, Birds and Fiſhes, the Greenlanders Way of Hunting and Fiſhing; their Habitations, Dreſs, Sports and Diverſions, &c.

By Mr. Hans Egede,
Miſſionary in that Country for twenty five Years.
Tranſlated from the Danish.

LONDON:
Printed for C. Hitch in Pater-noſter Row; S. Austen in Newgate-Street; and J. Jackson near St. James's Gate.
MDCCXLV.