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 | | Although the prominent position Sweden had in that time is today seen as a rather lucky coincident by historians, these rumors were seen as gross slander on the Swedish honor and the country's ability to conduct warfare, and Scheferrus felt they had to be condemned by an accurate view of the Saamis. |
 | | The book was publicized in late 1673 and quickly translated to French, German, English, and other languages (though not to Swedish until 1956). |
 | | However, an adapted and abridged version was quickly publicized in the Netherlands and Germany, where chapters on their difficult living conditions, topography, and the environment had been replaced by made-up stories of magic, sorcery, drums and heathenism. |
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