Scandinavian immigrants in New York, 1630-1674; with appendices on Scandinavians in Mexico and South America, 1532-1640, Scandinavians in Canada, 1619-1620, Some Scandinavians in New York in the eighteenth century, German immigrants in New York, 1630-1674 . in the civil wars of that the advice of a cousin he entered the Roman Catholic Churchin order to get an appointment in the army. In 1557 he went toChili. In 1565 we find him in Buenos Ayres. Thence, sailingagain for Peru, he settled in Lima, where he devoted hisleisure to literary labors and where he died in 1596. See AppletonsCy
Scandinavian immigrants in New York, 1630-1674; with appendices on Scandinavians in Mexico and South America, 1532-1640, Scandinavians in Canada, 1619-1620, Some Scandinavians in New York in the eighteenth century, German immigrants in New York, 1630-1674 . in the civil wars of that the advice of a cousin he entered the Roman Catholic Churchin order to get an appointment in the army. In 1557 he went toChili. In 1565 we find him in Buenos Ayres. Thence, sailingagain for Peru, he settled in Lima, where he devoted hisleisure to literary labors and where he died in 1596. See AppletonsCyclopedia of American Biography. Jens Munk, born 1579, in Barbu, near Arendal, Norway, wasdestined to try the hardships of South America as well as ofCanada. His father was a Danish nobleman, who had lived formany years in Norway, an able soldier and mariner, but despoticin rule, and licentious in life. His son Jens inherited the fathersability in commanding the seas, but was his opposite in life andcharacter. At the age of twelve Jens Munk began his life as asailor. He went to Oporto to learn the Portuguese language, hethen hired out on a ship sailing for Brazil. After great difficultieshe arrived at Bahia, where he for some time worked for a shoe-. JACOB JENSS0N Historie, IV., by Prof. Yngvar Nielsen.
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