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### Author
Egede, Hans Poulsen (1686-1758), Danish missionary in Greenland (1721-1736).
**Abbreviated name**: *Egede* \[standard form in IPNI: *Egede*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection C|C]].
*Ref*.: IH 2: 177.
#### Bibliography and biography
AG 6(1): 855; Barnhart 1: 497; BM 2: 513; Jackson p. 366; PR 2625, ed. I. 2914.
- Winge, Meddel. om Grønland 21(1): 10. 1899.
- Christensen, Den Danske Botaniks Historie 2: 39-40. 1924.
- Bobé, Hans Egede, Kjøbenhaven 1952, 207 p. (portr.)
- Nissen, Zool. Buchill. 130. 1969.
### Publications
##### n.1629. Beschreibung und Natur-Geschichte von Grönland
**Title**
*Beschreibung und Natur-Geschichte von Grönland*, übersetzet von D. Joh. Ge. Krünitz. Berlin 1763. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Beschr. Grönland*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1763 (NZgS: 3 Nov 1763), xxviii, 172 p., 1 map, *10 pl*. – A French translation appeared almost simultaneously at Genève (see next entry) (*Description et histoire naturelle du Groenland*, Genève (C. & A. Philibert) 1763, Oct.). The Danish original, *Det gamle Grönlands Nye Perlustration...* was published in 1741 (Qu., x, 131 p., *10 pl.*)*; *the earliest English translation appeared in 1745, a Dutch translation appeared 1746.
*Ref*.: BM 2: 513; Christensen (see above) 2e; PR 2625.
- Heydrich, Die Erforschung von Grönland, Leipzig 1923.
##### n.1630. Description et histoire naturelle du Groenland
**Title**
*Description et histoire naturelle du Groenland*, par Mr. Eggede, missionaire & évêque du Grönland. Traduite en François par Mr. D. R. D. P. Kjobenhavn, Genève (C. & A. Philibert) 1763. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Descr. Groenland*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Apr-Mai 1763 (p. \[iv\*\]: 21 mars 1763), p. \[i\*-iv\*\], \[i\]-xxviii, \[1-4, tabl.\], map, \[1\].171, *pl*. \[*1-11*\]. *Copy*: NY.