Author: Lynge, Hans; Lund, Lars Moller; and Westermann, Hans; editors.
Title: Godthab--Nuk 1728-1978 I Tekst Og Billeder.
Description: Nuk [Greenland]: Nuk kommune, 1978. 1978. - Small quarto [9-3/8 inches high by 8-1/4 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial color wrappers. The top corner of the rear wrap is bumped. 175 pages. Illustrated with several color plates and with profuse black-and-white illustrations. The top corners of a few rear pages are lightly bumped. Very good.

First edition, limited to 2,500 copies.

Published for the Nuk kommune by the Kommission hos Det Gronlandske forlag. Godthab is the capital and the largest city of Greenland. Nuk contains almost a quarter of Greenland's population and is the seat of government for the Sermersooq municipality. Nuk is the Kalaallisut word for "cape". It is so named because of its position at the end of the Nuup Kangerlua fjord on the eastern shore of the Labrador Sea.

The text is in Danish. Very good .

Keywords: TRAVEL; HISTORY; GEOGRAPHY; GOVERNMENT; CULTURE; GREENLAND; GODTHAB--NUK 1728-1978 I TEKST OG BILLEDER; UVDLORIANGUAK KRISTIANSEN; HANS LYNGE; LARS MOLLER LUND; HANS WESTERMANN; NUK KOMMUNE; PLATES; CAPITAL OF GREENLAND; SERMERSOOQ MUNICIPALITY; ILLUSTRAT

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