Eskimo LifeLongmans, Green, and Company, 1893 - Broj stranica: 350 Observations of Eskimos during stay at Godthab, west Greenland, in winter of 1888-89 after crossing of Greenland ice sheet. Translation of Norwegian original Eskimoliv published in 1891. |
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Stranica ix
... Europeans . First it was our Norwegian forefathers of the olden times ; them they gradually overcame . But we re- turned to the charge , this time bringing with us Christianity and the products of civilisation ; then they succumbed ...
... Europeans . First it was our Norwegian forefathers of the olden times ; them they gradually overcame . But we re- turned to the charge , this time bringing with us Christianity and the products of civilisation ; then they succumbed ...
Stranica xiii
... 186 POETRY - ESKIMO NARRA- TIVES RELIGIOUS IDEAS 193 XIII . XIV . THE INTRODUCTION OF CHRISTIANITY XV . EUROPEANS AND NATIVES XVI . WHAT HAVE WE ACHIEVED ? XVII . CONCLUSION 209 301 313 327 341 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . • PLATES . A HUNTER ,
... 186 POETRY - ESKIMO NARRA- TIVES RELIGIOUS IDEAS 193 XIII . XIV . THE INTRODUCTION OF CHRISTIANITY XV . EUROPEANS AND NATIVES XVI . WHAT HAVE WE ACHIEVED ? XVII . CONCLUSION 209 301 313 327 341 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . • PLATES . A HUNTER ,
Stranica xvii
... Europeans who found their way to its shores . In their open vessels the old Vikings made their daring voyages ... European settlement of the country . It is poor , this land of the Eskimo , which we have taken from him ; it has neither ...
... Europeans who found their way to its shores . In their open vessels the old Vikings made their daring voyages ... European settlement of the country . It is poor , this land of the Eskimo , which we have taken from him ; it has neither ...
Stranica 12
... Europeans of that age were probably no more inaccessible than those of to - day to the seductions of Eskimo loveliness . As to the route by which the Eskimos made their way to the west coast of Greenland there has been a good deal of ...
... Europeans of that age were probably no more inaccessible than those of to - day to the seductions of Eskimo loveliness . As to the route by which the Eskimos made their way to the west coast of Greenland there has been a good deal of ...
Stranica 18
... Europeans anything but beautiful . He has a round , broad face , with large , coarse features ; small , dark , sometimes rather oblique eyes ; a flat nose , narrow between the eyes and broad at the base ; round cheeks , bursting with ...
... Europeans anything but beautiful . He has a round , broad face , with large , coarse features ; small , dark , sometimes rather oblique eyes ; a flat nose , narrow between the eyes and broad at the base ; round cheeks , bursting with ...
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