31 mars 2021
Alexander Lasch, « "Inuk Word of the Day" », DigitalHerrnhut, ID : 10670/1.b8iw67
Alexander Lasch Moravian Missions in Greenland and Labrador (Moravian Atlas 1853) After several expeditions (1752, 1764 and 1765) to Labrador, the Moravians are allowed by decree of the British Crown to establish mission stations on the Labrador coast (1769). To finance the mission, a society is formed in England. Jens Haven, J. Christian Erhardt and C. L. Drachart, who have known the North for decades, soon lead a first visitation trip (1770), which is quickly followed by the first foundat...