Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: Lichtenfels in Groenland.
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Accession number:
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03205
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Record number:
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03205-10
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JCB call number:
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J767 C891h
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Image title:
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Lichtenfels in Groenland.
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Creator 1:
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Jan Swertner
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Creator 1 dates:
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1746-1813
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Creator 1 role:
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sculp.
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Place image published:
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[Haarlem & Amsterdam]
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Image publisher:
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[C.H. Bohn & H. de Wit]
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Image date:
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1766
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Image function:
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fold-out plate 13; vol. 3, following p. 268
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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13.6 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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15.1 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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20.4 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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25 cm.
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Materials medium:
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ink
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Materials support:
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paper
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Languages:
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Dutch
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Description:
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View of the town or settlement of Lichtenfels on the west coast of Greenland. Includes Inuit dwellings.
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Source creator:
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Cranz, David, 1723-1777
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Source Title:
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[Historie von Grönland. Dutch] Historie van Groenland behelzende eene nauwkeurige beschrijvinge van 's lands ligging, gesteldheid, en natuurlijke zeldzaamheden ... bij de straate Davis ... [III. deel]
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Source place of publication:
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Te Haarlem
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Source publisher:
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bij C.H. Bohn, [te] Amsterdam bij H. de Wit, boekverkoopers.
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Source date:
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1767
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notes:
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Lichtenfels and Nieuw Hernhut [Neu Herrnhuth, Neuherrnhut, Ny Herrnhut, or New Herrnhuth] were missionary settlements founded by the Moravian Church. Lichtenfels was established in 1766. Some of the converted Inuit lived in sod houses.David Cranz, a German historian and missionary, spent 14 months in Greenland in 1761-62.
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Time Period:
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1751-1800
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 1866.
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Owner and copyright:
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©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
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geographic area:
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Arctic
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Subject Area:
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Artifacts, industry, and human activities
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Subject Area:
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Geography, maps, city views and plans
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Subject Area:
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Indigenous peoples
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Subject headings:
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Inuit--Missions
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Subject headings:
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Inuit--Dwellings--Greenland
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Subject headings:
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Moravian Church--Missions
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