The World's Columbian Exposition 1893. Chicago, U.S.A. 1893
Official Catalogue With Illustrations issued by the Royal Danish Commission

 *‘W 144 DENMARK were most unfortunately stolen from the Royal Art col- lection where they were kept at the time. It may be mentioned here that Mr. P. Hertz is also exhibiting a copy of the Oldenburg Horn (see above p. 51), as it is called, kept in the Rosenborg palace Collections belonging to the history of Danish kings, a piece of skilled workmanship from the XV century, and that Miss Nanna Ring is exhibiting good embroidered reproductions of interesting silk stuffs from the middle ages belonging to the shrines of S. Canute’s Church at Odense (see above p. 81 and 82). Danish industry is fond of looking to the historic remembrances of the North for its models, and it is in keeping with this fact that C. B. Hansen's Establishment, manufacturers of furniture by appointment to the King, has placed, above his suite of furniture with Northern subjects a tapestry showing the expedition of Leif the Fortu- nate to Vineland (see above p. 37). The people of Denmark takes a great interest in its past history and in honoring its great men. Thomsen and Worsaae have been named already; but a great many more may be named, and from remote times. From the field of national science we shall quote the names of several: First of all Tyge Brahe (1546—1601) of noble birth. He was an astronomer. On the island of Hveen in the Sound between Denmark and Sweden he built a magnificent castle, called Uranienborg, provided with two observatories which he supplied with all the then known appliances for observing the sky. He grew the greatest astronomer of his day, and kings paid a visit to the proud nobleman at his astronomical island. His grea- test importance is his introducing the empiric method in natural science fifty years before Bacon, Baron Verulam. His