Adam Olearius's ‘About the Greenlanders’

Abstract The 17th-century German traveller and writer Adam Olearius is best known for his account of travels in Russia and Persia, first published in 1656. Parts of this work have been translated into English under the title ‘The travels of Olearius in seventeenth-century Russia’. Among hitherto unt...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Polar Record
Main Author: Scheffel, David
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1987
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400008408
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400008408