…The Eskimo culture was gradually clarified through the exploration of the Northwest Passage (a sea route that sailed northwest from Europe, passed through the north of the American continent, and reached the Pacific Ocean and Asia) and the dispatch of scientific expeditions. The most famous of these expeditions was the Fifth Thule Expedition, dispatched in the 1920s, led by Knud Johan Victor Rasmussen (1879-1933) from Greenland. After investigating the Caribou Eskimo of the Barren Grounds in Canada, he traveled by dog sled along the Arctic Ocean to the Seward Peninsula in Alaska, and proved that the Eastern Eskimo language was spoken over a wide area. … *Some of the glossaries that refer to "Rasmussen, KJV" are listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…その後,北西航路(ヨーロッパから北西に航海して,アメリカ大陸の北を経由し,太平洋,アジアに達する航路)の探索や科学的探検隊の派遣により,しだいにエスキモー文化が明らかにされた。一連の探検隊のなかで最も著名なのは,1920年代に派遣された第5次チューレ探検隊で,その中心になったのはグリーンランド出身のラスムッセンKnud Johan Victor Rasmussen(1879‐1933)であった。彼はカナダのバレン・グラウンズのカリブー・エスキモーなどの調査をした後,北極海沿いに犬ぞりでアラスカのシューワード半島まで行き,東エスキモー語が広い地域で通用することを実証する結果となった。… ※「Rasmussen,K.J.V.」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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