The Flatey book and recently discovered Vatican manuscripts concerning America as early as the tenth century :
documents now published for the first time, which establish beyond controversy the claim that North America was settled by Norsemen five hundred years before the time of Columbus : sagas that describe the voyages to, and character of, the new country, and letters from several popes directing bishops in their government of the church in the Western World.
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- Language(s)
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Icelandic ; Danish ; English ; Latin
- Published
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London ; Norr�na Society, 1908.
- Note
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"All reproductions are by Royal Danish sanction and the papal Secretary of State."
Flatey book in Icelandic with Danish and English translations; Vatican manuscripts in Latin with English translation.
The Hauk book: p. [117]-125; Vatican manuscripts concerning the church in America before the time of Columbus: p. [127]-176.
"The Flatey book manuscripts" (p. 5-8) signed: Rasmus B. Anderson.
On cover: Pre-columbian historical treasures, 1000-1492.
- Physical Description
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176 p. :
facsims. ;
32 cm.
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