The New Perlustration of Greenland
By Hans Egede

May 2021

224 pages, 5.75 x 7.5"

$25, paperback

ISBN 978-1-7366902-0-8

In the beginning of the 18th century there still was hope of finding Norse descendants among the Eskimo in Greenland. A Norwegian clergyman, Hans Egede, having managed to persuade the authorities that such people should be converted to the Lutheran faith, arrived in the Godthåb Fjord (in the southwest) to begin a new European settlement in Greenland, but found only Eskimo.

The history of modern Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat) can be traced to this voyage in 1721. He discovered no survivors of the old colonists, but stayed to found his own settlement at Godthåb (now Nuuk) and to begin the development of the country and its Inuit people.

 

The Story of Katrine

by Maliaraq Vebaek

Translated from Danish by Susan Stanley

May 2021

128 pages, 4.25 x 7.5"

$20, paperback

ISBN 978-0-9967480-9-4

The Story of Katrine tells the story of a young Greenlandic woman who falls in love with a Danish craftsman, who works in Greenland over a summer. When he returns to Denmark, Katrine follows him because she thinks they should get married, having had their child. It will be a big disappointment for her, but she stays in Denmark!

A dramatic and sad tale of cultural unity and oppression of women. This story, which is fictionalized here,

is unfortunately not unknown for Greenlanders in Denmark.

First edition in English.