Relation de l'Islande
1663
Originally published: Paris, 1647 Signed on p. 108: La Peyrere. Escrit la premiere fois, de Copenhague, le 18. decembre, 1644 Relation composed in the form of a letter to Monsieur de la Mothe le Vayer Contains accounts of the Norse in North America, the search for a northwest passage, the whaling industry, and an account of the 1619-1620 voyage of Jens Munk; preface touches upon Greenland Signatures: ã⁸ ẽ⁸ ĩ⁴ (ĩ4 blank) A-G⁸ (-G8) (G7 verso blank) Woodcut printer's ornament on title page; head and tail pieces; initials Cioranescu, A. 17. s. European Americana JCB Lib. cat. Pre-1675 John Carter Brown Library copy imperfect: wanting folded map
