Narrative of an Expedition to the East Coast of Greenland, Sent by Order of the King of Denmark, in Search of the Lost Colonies, Under the Command of Captn. W. A. Graah |
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| Title | Narrative of an Expedition to the East Coast of Greenland, Sent by Order of the King of Denmark, in Search of the Lost Colonies, Under the Command of Captn. W. A. Graah |
| Author | Wilhelm August Graah |
| Translated by | George Gordon Macdougall |
| Publisher | J. W. Parker, 1837 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 7 Dec 2007 |
| Length | 199 pages |
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