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1 online resource (xxv, 100 pages) : illustrations, map, portraits |
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desLibris. Books collection
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Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Glossary; Abraham's Diary and Letters; Moravian Letters and Documents; Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung; Magdeburgische Zeitung; Neue Preussische Zeitung; Frankfurter Nachrichten; "Eskimos at the Berlin Zoo"; Appendix A: Abraham's Diary and Inuit Autobiography; Appendix B: German Contexts; Appendix C: Moravian Mission in Hebron, 2002; Bibliography; About Hartmut Lutz, Alootook Ipellie, and Hans-Ludwig Blohm |
| Summary |
In August 1880, businessman Adrian Jakobsen convinced eight Inuit men, women, and children from Hebron and Nakvak, Labrador to accompany him to Europe to be "exhibited" in zoos and Völkerschauen (ethnographic shows). Abraham, Maria, Noggasak, Paingo, Sara, Terrianiak, Tobias, and Ulrike agreed, partly for the money and partly out of curiosity to see the wonders of Europe, which they had heard about from Moravian missionaries. The Inuit arrived in the fall of 1880 and were much talked and written about in the local press. Meanwhile, the Moravian missionaries, who had begged them not to embark on |
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Translated from the German |
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Includes bibliographical references |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Ulrikab, Abraham, 1845?-1881 -- Diaries
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| SUBJECT |
Ulrikab, Abraham, 1845?-1881 fast |
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Inuit -- First contact with other peoples -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- Labrador -- Sources
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Inuit -- Germany -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Native Americans.
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Inuit
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Inuit -- First contact with other peoples
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Germany
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Newfoundland and Labrador -- Labrador
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Electronic books
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Diaries
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History
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Sources
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Ulrikab, Abraham, 1845?-1881.
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| ISBN |
9780776617084 |
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0776617087 |
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