Book

The history of Lapland: containing a geographical description, and a natural history of that country; with an account of the inhabitants, their original, religion, customs, habits, marriages, conjurations, employments, etc.

Printed for Tho. newborough, at the Golden-Ball in St. Paul's-Church-Yard and R. Parker under the Royal-Exchange • London • Published In 1704 • Pages:

By: Scheffer, Johannes.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document

This is one of the earliest works on the Saami and is considered a basic source of information on Saami religion and beliefs. Scheffer, who was commissioned by the King of Sweden to undertake a study of the Saami, based his book on his own experiences among the Saami, previously published works and the even then extensive collections of manuscripts and artifacts at Upsalla.

cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)

Saami

HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document

1996

RegionThe area the document pertains to

Europe

Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region

Scandinavia

Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs

Book

Evaluation

Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.

Lawyer

Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.

4: Excellent Secondary Data

5: Excellent Primary Data

AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection

Robert J. Theodoratus ; 1962

Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document

ca. 1660

Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to

ca. 1660

Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)

Sweden

NotesAdditional notes

John Scheffer ; translated from the last edition in Latin and illustrated with many curious copper-cuts ; to which are added, The Travels of the King of Sweden's mathematicians into Lapland, also A Journey into Lapland, Finland, etc. written by Dr. Olof Rudbeck in the year 1701

LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings

Sami (European people)