In 1828 a Danish expedition was sent out from Copenhagen under the command of the naval officer and explorer Wilhelm August Graah (1793–1863). Its goal was to locate lost Norse settlements on the coast of Greenland, which had existed in certain places from around the turn of the millennium until their collapse some centuries later. The Danes did not find any settlement where they searched on the eastern coast, and the men endured harrowing conditions and near starvation during three winters. First published in Danish in 1832 and reissued here in its 1837 English translation, Graah's work opens with a brief history of the exploration and colonisation of Greenland before recounting his own expedition. Observations on the Greenlandic Inuit are incorporated as well. Addressing what was known about the Norse settlements at that time, the appendix also contains the expedition's scientific observations.

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Product details
- Date Published: April 2014
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108075145
- length: 224 pages
- dimensions: 216 x 140 x 13 mm
- weight: 0.29kg
- contains: 1 map
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
Voyage to Greenland, 1828
Voyage in a boat to Juliana's-Hope, 1828–9
Expedition to the east coast, 1829
Wintering at Nukarbik
Fruitless attempt to penetrate further north, return
Appendix.
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