Hans Egede: Colonizer and Missionary of Greenland
Author(s):
Bobe, Louis
Copyright: 1952, Rosenkilde & Bagger, Copenhagen
Specifications: 1st, 4to, pp.207, frontis, 2 color photos, 44 bw illus, color fldg map, wraps
Condition: light edge wear, unopened, map w/ orig folds & no tears, vg
Bobe presents the first biography of Hans Egede (1686-1758), a Dano-Norwegian Lutheran missionary, from the standpoint of Egede’s influence on Greenland. Egede founded Greenland’s capital and this is based on his diaries, reports, public records, and Bobe’s journeys in Greenland.