Journal : translation D. Karl Ludwig Giesecke's report of his journey in Greenland in form of a journal sixth year 1811: Godhaven, Umanak, Noorsaak, Hare Island, Waigal [Vaigat], 1878.

Newberry Library

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The Newberry was founded on July 1, 1887 and opened for business on September 6 of that year. The Newberry’s establishment came about because of a contingent provision in the will of Chicago businessman Walter L. Newberry (1804-68), which left what later amounted to approximately $2.2 million for the foundation of a “free, public” library on the north side of the Chicago River, if his two children died without issue. After the deaths of Mr. Newberry’s daughters and then, in 1885, of his widow, t...

Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)

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The John Crerar Library was incorporated on October 12, 1894 and opened to the public on April 1, 1897. The Library was established as a free public research library specializing in the sciences. Because of changes in scientific information and continuing financial pressures, the Crerar Board of Directors agreed to consolidate the Crerar collections with those in science, medicine, and technology at the University of Chicago. The merger took place in 1984 with the move of the collections to a ne...

Giesecke, Carl Ludwig, 1761-1833

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Carl Ludwig Giesecke, mineralogist and collector, was born in Augsburg on April 6, 1761. Following a short-lived musical career, Giesecke turned his attention to the study of mineralogy in the 1790's. In 1805 he was sent by the Danish government to west Greenland on a geological and mineralogical survey. From 1805 to 1813 Giesecke traveled along the coast and under great physical privations he collected and described many mineral deposits including cryolite. Upon his ret...

Whymper, Edward, 1840-1911

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Edward Whymper was born on 27 April 1840 in London. The son of the artist, Josiah Wood Whymper, he entered his father's business in Lambeth as a wood-engraver at an early age. In 1860, he was commissioned to make a series of sketches of Alpine scenery, and undertook an extensive journey in the Central and Western Alps. The following year, Whymper completed the ascent of Mont Pelvoux, later reaching the summit of a neighbouring peak, subsequently named the Pointe des Ecrins (which at...