COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Accession number:
01609
Record number:
01609-7
JCB call number:
G741 E29g
Image title:
[Whale fishing in Greenland]
Place image published:
[Copenhagen]
Image publisher:
[Johan Cristoph Groth]
Image date:
[1741]
Image function:
plate; following p. 56
Technique:
engraving
Image dimension height:
16.7 cm.
Image dimension width:
13 cm.
Page dimension height:
18.1 cm.
Page dimension width:
15 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Description:
Groups of Inuit in boats hunt whales. A fishing camp is set up on an island with a shelter or dwelling. Includes seals and seal hunting.
Source creator:
Egede, Hans, 1686-1758
Source Title:
Det gamle Grønlands nye perlustration
Source place of publication:
Kjøbehavn [Copenhagen]
Source publisher:
Trykt hos Johan Cristoph Groth, boende paa Ulfelds-platz.
Source date:
1741
notes:
Egede, a Danish missionary, described the ancient Norse settlements of Greenland, the plant and animal life, as well as Inuit culture, commerce, language, and religion in this book. Principally because of its description of whaling, it garnered much attention and was translated into many languages.
Time Period:
1701-1750
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1846.
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
Commentary:
geographic area:
Arctic
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area:
Indigenous peoples
Subject headings:
Inuit--Greenland
Subject headings:
Whaling--Greenland
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