An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . dC^Ntt Nitaii LAKE WliMhSFitO CHAPTER GREENLAND. REENLAISD is a large country stretching fromlatitude 59° 49 north, northward to an un-known distance. It appears to be separatedfrom the continent by Baffins Bay. Thepopulation is estimated at six tlu), ofwhom only a hundred and fifty are Euro-peans. The northern regions are locked inperpetual ice, and support no living
An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . dC^Ntt Nitaii LAKE WliMhSFitO CHAPTER GREENLAND. REENLAISD is a large country stretching fromlatitude 59° 49 north, northward to an un-known distance. It appears to be separatedfrom the continent by Baffins Bay. Thepopulation is estimated at six tlu), ofwhom only a hundred and fifty are Euro-peans. The northern regions are locked inperpetual ice, and support no living country was visited as early as 982, by Eric Rauda, a Norwegian, whose adventures are narrated in the first chapter of thepresent work. He estabfished a settlement at BrattaHd. near aninlet, which he denominated Erics Sound. His companions foundedHeriulfsness, Rafn, and other places—nanjes w^hich are still ex-tant in Greenland. Eric remained three years in his colony, and,on returnmg to Iceland, published a pompous and false account ofthe new-found region, naming it Greenland. Many adventurerstpere induced to settle, and in the eleventh century Christianity wasProduced by two British missionaries. In 1121, the colony had 198 SETTLEMEXT
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