Voyages of the Northmen to America.
Including extracts from Icelandic sagas relating to western voyages by Northmen in the tenth and eleventh centuries, in an English translation by North Ludlow Beamish; with a synopsis of the historical evidence and the opinion of Professor Rafn as to the places visited by the Scandinavians on the coast of America.
Ed. with an introduction by the Rev. Edmund F. Slafter.
Description
- Language(s)
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English ; Undetermined
- Published
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Boston : Printed for the Prince Society, 1877.
- Note
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The translations are from "The discovery of America by the Northmen" by Beamish, largely taken from Rafn's "Antiquitates Americanae." "Concerning Erik the Red": p. [23]-43. "Saga of Thorfinn Karlsefne": p. 45-69. "Bibliographical": p. [127]-140.
"Ten copies, large paper. Two hundred copies, small paper."
- Physical Description
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162 p.
front., maps, diagr.
22 x 18 cm.
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