Arctic geography and ethnology. A selection of papers on Arctic geography and ethnology

By

Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain)

Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain)

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

London, J. Murray, 1875

Notes

"Language of the Eskimo of Greenland": p. 189-203; "List of names of places in Greenland": p. 204-229.

Contents: Geography. I. On the physical structure of Greenland. By Dr. Robert Brown.--II. On the best means of reaching the pole. By Admiral Baron von Wrangel.--III. On the discoveries of Dr. Kane, U.S.A. (1853-55) By Dr. Rink.--IV. The Arctic current around Greenland. By Admiral C. Irminger of the Danish navy.--V. Notes on the state of the ice, and on the indications of open water from Behring Strait to Bellot Strait, along the coasts of Arctic America and Siberia, including the accounts of Anjou and Wrangell. By Vice-Admiral R. Collinson. Ethnology. I. Papers on the Greenland Eskimos. By Clements R. Markham.--II. On the descent of the Eskimo. By Dr. Rink.--III. The western Eskimo. By Dr. Simpson.--IV. Report of the Anthropological Institute.

Subjects

Arctic regions , Description and travel , Eskimo languages , Eskimos , Greenland

Call Number

G601 .R88

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.30864
LCCN: https://lccn.loc.gov/05042714
OCLC: 2358927
Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q51443483