Person
Niels Egede
Danish-Norwegian merchant and Lutheran missionary in Greenland.
b. 1710 CE – d. 1782 CE
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Niels Rasch Egede (1710 – 31 August 1782) was a Danish-Norwegian merchant and Lutheran missionary in Greenland
People
- Andrew Pickens
- Anthony Wayne
- Arthur St. Clair
- Blue Jacket
- Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
Groups
- Jews
- Iroquois (Haudenosaunee, also known as the League of Peace and Power, Five Nations, or Six Nations)
- Austria, Archduchy of
- Mohawk people (Amerind tribe)
- Cherokee, or Tsalagi (Amerind tribe)
Topics
- Middle Subatlantic Period
- Little Ice Age (LIA)
- Colonization of the Americas, Spanish
- North American Fur Trade
- Colonization of the Americas, English
Locations
None linked.
Cite this entry
Moran, J. (2025). Niels Egede. History Atlas. Retrieved 16 October 2026, from https://www.historyatlas.com/people/niels-egede/
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