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Other Aquatic · Kalaallit Nunaat · 1734

KAL-1734ID case-4554eb7168Added to map Oct 11, 2026
Creature
Other Aquatic
When
Jul 6, 1734to the day
Where
Kalaallit Nunaatto country level
Reports
3 documents1 independent

The account

Danish missionary Hans Egede reported encountering a terrible sea animal in Greenland that raised its head above the mainmast and blew like a whale.

Trace the source trail → every document, in time order, and how they connect

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Details

Creature
Other Aquatic
Where
Kalaallit Nunaat
mapped to country level · from the report's own words
When
Jul 6, 1734
Account
Not first-hand (retold or reported by someone else)
Backed by
1 independent source (3 documents; copies and reprints are not confirmations)
Added to map
Oct 11, 2026
Case id
case-4554eb7168

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Source trail (3)

Down the rabbit hole → 3 documents, and how they connect

Every link goes to where we found the account. The earliest we found is marked; it is the earliest found, not necessarily the original.

  1. Image 22 of Evening star (Washington, D.C.), August 2, 1902
    Newspaper · 1902-08-02
    Earliest found, not necessarily the original.
  2. Image 40 of The Washington times (Washington [D.C.]), April 24, 1904, (Colored Section)
    Newspaper · 1904-04-24
  3. Image 27 of Evening star (Washington, D.C.), April 16, 1934
    Newspaper · 1934-04-16

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