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Cookie akzeptierenRepresentations of the West Nordic Isles
- Wachholtz Verlag GmbH
- 2024
- Gebunden
- 250 Seiten
- ISBN 9783529065415
Following the "discovery" of the new world, travellers, explorers, whale hunters, missionaries and scholars were inspired by sovereigns and religious authorities to choose other ways in the unexplored Far North. The first-hand knowledge from the Arctic communicated by travellers since the 17th century in their travel diaries was precious, triggering new ideas about man and nature during the European Enlightenment. Travels to the North Atlantic Region brought new knowledge about islands and archipelagos like Greenland and Spitzbergen, which were considered as being one up until the 18th century, as well as Iceland and the Faroe Islands on the way to the Far North. The travel narratives
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