The history of the Royal Greenland Trade Department

The English explorer Martin Frobisher rediscovered Greenland in 1578, during his third attempt to find a route north of America to the East Indies, and John Davis's subsequent expeditions in 1585-87 established contact with the Eskimos in Greenland. Christian IV, King of Denmark-Norway, fitted...

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Published in:Polar Record
Main Author: Strøm Tejsen, Aage V.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1977
Subjects:
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Ecology
Geography, Planning and Development
Greenland
Norway
eskimo*
Polar Record
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400000942
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spelling crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0032247400000942 2024-03-03T08:44:07+00:00 The history of the Royal Greenland Trade Department Strøm Tejsen, Aage V. 1977 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400000942 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400000942 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Polar Record volume 18, issue 116, page 451-474 ISSN 0032-2474 1475-3057 General Earth and Planetary Sciences Ecology Geography, Planning and Development journal-article 1977 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400000942 2024-02-08T08:46:43Z The English explorer Martin Frobisher rediscovered Greenland in 1578, during his third attempt to find a route north of America to the East Indies, and John Davis's subsequent expeditions in 1585-87 established contact with the Eskimos in Greenland. Christian IV, King of Denmark-Norway, fitted out three ships for Greenland in 1605 with the Englishman John Cunningham as commander and the Danish nobleman Godske Lindenow as second-incommand, but he lost interest when no valuable minerals were found. He did, however, reestablish the sovereignty of the Danish crown over Greenland, and thus laid the foundation for later colonization by Denmark. Article in Journal/Newspaper eskimo* Greenland Polar Record Cambridge University Press Greenland Norway Polar Record 18 116 451 474
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Ecology
Geography, Planning and Development
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Ecology
Geography, Planning and Development
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