The Norse discovery of America;
a compilation in extensió of all the sagas, manuscripts, and inscriptive memorials relating to the finding and settlement of the New world in the eleventh century. With presentations of freshly discovered proofs, in the form of church records supplied by the Vatican of Rome, never before published.
Translations and deductions by Arthur Middleton Reeves, North Ludlow Beamish, Hon. Rasmus B. Anderson. Hon. Rasmus B. Anderson, LL. D., editor in chief. J. W. Buel, PH. D., managing editor.

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Buel, James W. (James William), 1849-1920, editor.
Buel, James W. (James William), 1849-1920, ed.
Anderson, Rasmus B. (Rasmus Bjørn), 1846-1936.
Beamish, North Ludlow, 1797-1872.
Reeves, Arthur Middleton, 1856-1891

Language(s)

English

Published

London, Norrœna society, 1907.

Subjects

Norumbega (Legendary place)
Norumbega.
America > America / Discovery and exploration > America / Discovery and exploration / Norse.

Note

In 3 parts: pt. 1 is a reprint of chapters 1-6 of A. M. Reeves' "The finding of Wineland the good, London, 1895; pt II ("book II") is a reprint of the greater portion of N. L. Beamish's "The discovery of America by the Northmen," London, 1841; pt. 3, by R. B. Anderson, has title: Norumbega in America.

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343 p. illus., plates, fold. maps, plan, facsims. 24 cm.

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