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Identifier: discoveryofameri00bea (find matches)
Title: The discovery of America by the Northmen
Year: 1841 (1840s)
Authors: Beamish, North Ludlow, 1797-1872 Rafn, Carl Christian, 1795-1864. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: London, T. and W. Boone
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n, Egede waslaced at the head of the Committee for directing the affairs of the Green-and Mission, and employed the remainder of his days in teaching the Greenland language to young missionaries intended for that colony: he died in the island of Falster, A.D. 1758. 168 DISCOVERY OF AMERICA. — if an utter heedlessness of worldly honours,and worldly wealth may aught avail man in thatmysterious kingdom which is hidden from his 7iew,—then surely, Egede, wilt thou have thy reward! The present condition of the Danish settlementson the West coast of Greenland offers everr pros-pect of civilization heing rapidly extended ovar thatarctic region; there are thirteen colonies, fifteensmall mercantile establishments, and ten MissionarySocieties, four of which (New Herrnhut, Lichten-fels, Lichtenau, and Friederichsthal) belong to theMoravian Brethren. The number of Europeans,is 150, that of the whole population 60(0, andfive or six ships trade annually to the coast/ * Graahs Reise, p. 12, note.
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