Jacobsen, Johan Adrian
Part of the diary kept by Captain Jacobsen, agent for Carl Hagenback, founder of the Hamburg Tiergarten and sponsor of exhibitions of 'exotic peoples'; records his journey on the Eisbaer from Greenland to Labrador in search of Inuit for a public display in Europe and thereafter his travels...
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| Language: | English |
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Memorial University of Newfoundland. Libraries
2009
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| Online Access: | http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ead/id/239 |
| Summary: | Part of the diary kept by Captain Jacobsen, agent for Carl Hagenback, founder of the Hamburg Tiergarten and sponsor of exhibitions of 'exotic peoples'; records his journey on the Eisbaer from Greenland to Labrador in search of Inuit for a public display in Europe and thereafter his travels with eight Inuit until their deaths from smallpox in Paris. |
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