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A Collection of documents on Spitzbergen & Greenland : comprising a translation from F. Martens' Voyage to Spitzbergen, a translation from Isaac de La Peyrère's Histoire du Groenland, and God's power and providence in the preservation of eight men in Greenland nine moneths and twelve dayes / edited by Adam White.

Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoLondon : Printed for the Hakluyt Society, 1855 (I. Richards)
Description4, xvi, 288 p., [4] leaves of plates (some fold.) : ill., fold. maps ; 23 cm.
Supplemental Content Gale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926
Subject(s)
Natural history--Norway --Spitsbergen Island --Early works to 1800.
Spitsbergen Island (Norway)--Description and travel --Early works to 1800.
Greenland--History --Early works to 1800.
Other author/creatorWhite, Adam, 1817-1879.
Included WorkMartens, Friedrich, 1635-1699. Voyage into Spitzbergen and Greenland.
Included WorkLa Peyrère, Isaac de, 1594-1676. Relation du Groenland. English.
Included WorkPellham, Edward, fl. 1630. Gods power and providence shewed in the miraculous preservation and deliverance of eight Englishmen, left by mischance in Green-land, anno 1630, nine moneths and twelve dayes.
Variant title Collection of documents on Spitzbergen and Greenland
Series Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926
Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926. UNAUTHORIZED
Local noteTravel; Science.
Local note2010A972000.
Local noteTravel; Science.
Local note2010A972000.
General noteIncludes index.
General note"Report for 1855 [Hakluyt Society]"--4 p., 1st count.
General note"Voyage into Spitzbergen and Greenland."--P. [3]-174.
General note"Relation du Groenland. Paris : Chez Thomas Jolly, 1663."--P. [183]-249.
General note"God's power and providence shewed in the miraculous preservation and deliverance of eight Englishmen, left by mischance in Green-land, anno 1630, nine moneths and twelve dayes : with a true relation of all their miseries, their shifts and hardship they were put to, their food, &c. such as neigher heathen nor Christian men ever before endured : with a description of the chiefe places and rarities of that barren and cold country / faithfully reported by Edward Pellham. London : Printed by R.Y. for J. Partridge, 1631."--P. [257]-283.
General noteIncludes English translation from the French language of "Relation du Groenland" and English translation (1694) from the German language of "Spitzbergische oder groenlandische Reise ... ."
General noteReproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society.
General noteSabin no. 14374.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2011. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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