Johan Adrian Jacobsen

Johan Adrian Jacobsen ( born October 9, 1853 Risøy in Tromsø, † January 18, 1947 in Tromsø) was a Norwegian ethnographer and explorer. As captain and self-taught ethnologist he worked for the ethnological museums in Hamburg and Berlin and as a " recruiter " for the Völkerschauen by Carl Hagenbeck in Hamburg. His travels took him to Scandinavia, North America, Russia and Southeast Asia.

Expeditions

Honors

The Jacobsenweg in Hamburg- Stellingen was named in 1964 by Johan Adrian Jacobsen.

Writings

  • Captain Jacobsen 's journey on the northwest coast of America, 1881-1883: for the purpose of ethnological collections and inquiries, together with description of personal experiences. For the German readers edited by Adrian Woldt. Spohr, Leipzig 1884 ( digitized ); Reprints: Olms, Hildesheim, 2013.
  • Travel to the islands of the Banda Sea. Mitscher & Röstell, Berlin 1896 ( digitized ).
  • Johan Adrian Jacobsen: Voyage with the Labrador Eskimos, 1880-1881. English translation of the diary by Hartmut Lutz. Polar Horizons, March 2014, ISBN 978-0-9936740-5-1 ( paperback ), ISBN 978-0-9936740-1-3 (PDF).
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