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La Peyrere, Isaac de, Relation du Groenland.
Paris: Chez Augustin Courbe, 1647, first edition, 12mo, [xiv], 1-278, [4]
pp., folding map and folding plate, contemporary calf, somewhat rubbed and
scuffed, small hand-stamp on title-page, else a very good copy. The plate
illustrates native inhabitants of Greenland, costume, kayaks, and the
Narwhal This work includes accounts of the Norse in America, whaling, the
search for a Northwest passage, including Jens Munk’s voyage of 1619-20.
European Americana 647/93; JCB (3) II:357; Sabin 38970; Field 857
$ 4500.00
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