Collection of Documents on Spitzbergen and Greenland - Comprising a Translation From F. Martens Voyage to Spitzbergen, a

Klappentext Three narratives of challenging voyages of exploration to Spitzbergen and Greenland in the seventeenth century. Zusammenfassung This volume (published in 1855) contains three narratives: Frederick Martens' description of a voyage to Spitzbergen in 1671; the Relation du Groeneland of Isaac de la Peyrere (first published in 1663); and an account of the survival of eight Englishmen stranded in Greenland for nine months in 1630. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Voyage into Spitzbergen and Greenland part 1; Voyage into Spitzbergen and Greenland part 2; Appendix; Description of Greenland; God's power and providence; Index.

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• Authors: F. Martens, F. Peyrere Martens, Martens F., Isaac De La Peyrere, Isaac de la Peyrère, Isaac De La Peyrre, Adam White
• Assisted by: Adam White (Editor), White Adam (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.04.2010
• EAN: 9781108008136
• ISBN: 978-1-108-00813-6
• No. of pages: 328
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Hakluyt First Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; HISTORY / Polar Regions, HISTORY / Expeditions & Discoveries, Greenland, Geographical discovery & exploration, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Geographical discovery and exploration, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, C 1600 To C 1700, History of other geographical groupings and regions, History of other lands