An extensive new map collection sheds light on Greenland’s political history

From Dutch whalers to Danish colonizers to U.S. military forces, maps of Greenland were usually drawn for strategic reasons.

By Martin Breum December 30, 2022
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Maps are mirrors of the ambitions of the mightiest and portraits of their makers’ dreams — and that’s just as true in Greenland, the world’s largest island, as anywhere else.

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