Bing & Grøndahl CM55

Sailing Ship in Greenland Fjord 1721-1921

The 200th anniversary of Hans Egede's voyage to Greenland in 1721.  The Vikings had settled Greenland, but contact had been lost for 300 years. before.  Frederick IV of Denmark gave permission for Hans Egede to seek the old Viking colony, establish a mission there, and reestablish a colonial claim to Greenland.

Egede landed on the west coast of Greenland on July 3. He was sent to seek the old Viking colony on Greenland but he found no survivors. He did, however, find the Inuit and started a mission among them. He studied the Inuit language and translated Christian texts into it. This required some imagination: for instance, the Inuit had no word for bread nor any idea of it. So the words of the Lord's Prayer were translated by Egede as the equivalent of "Give us this day our daily harbor seal".

See also the equivalent Royal Copenhagen plate #201.

Maker	Bing & Grøndahl
Series	Commemoratives
Plate #	BG-CM55
Year	1921
Price	$65
Size	7"  -  18 cm
Artist	Achton Friis
Book Value	$130 - $170
Quality	First Quality
Condition	Excellent
Material	Porcelain

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