Article ID: CBB132945303

An Alchemist in Greenland: Hans Egede (1686–1758) and Alchemical Practice in the Colony of Hope (2020)

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The article explores the practical and social circumstances of the alchemical experiments performed by the Norwegian priest and missionary Hans Egede (1686–1758) in the Colony of Hope in Greenland. Sources not previously used in connection with Egede’s alchemy are used to investigate in which ways his situation in the colony affected alchemical practice. A lack of fuel is found to have been a main obstacle which may have limited the number of experiments that Egede was able to perform in Greenland. At the same time, the area had natural resources that were useful to the alchemist, and Egede’s position as head of the colony gave access to resources that facilitated alchemical practice.

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Authors & Contributors
Wråkberg, Urban
Amdam, Rolv Petter
Auricchio, Laura
Avango, Dag
Cook, Elizabeth Heckendorn
D'Souza, Rohan
Journals
Journal of Historical Geography
Ambix: Journal of the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry
Business History Review
Environment and History
Journal of Interdisciplinary History
Pharmacy in History
Publishers
Ashgate
Harvard University Press
Oxford University Press
Routledge
University of Chicago Press
University of New Hampshire
Concepts
Natural resources
Colonialism
Environmental history
Alchemy
Nature and its relationship to culture; human-nature relationships
Medicine
People
Becher, Johann Joachim
Paracelsus, Theophrast von Hohenheim
Sendivogius, Michael
Egede, Hans
Borch, Ole
Time Periods
17th century
19th century
18th century
20th century
16th century
21st century
Places
Norway
Greenland
Denmark
North America
United States
Arctic regions
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