The Pre-Columbian Discovery of America by the Northmen
by B. F. DeCosta
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About this eBook
- Author
- DeCosta, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1831-1904
- Title
- The Pre-Columbian Discovery of America by the Northmen Illustrated by Translations from Icelandic Sagas
- Credits
- Produced by Greg Bergquist and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- E011: History: America: America
- Subject
- America -- Discovery and exploration -- Norse
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 41221
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41221
- Release Date
- October 29, 2012
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE PRE-COLUMBIAN DISCOVERY OF AMERICA — BY THE NORTHMEN, ILLUSTRATED BY Translations from Icelandic Sagas, EDITED WITH NOTES AND A GENERAL INTRODUCTION, BY B. F. DE COSTA.
- 2.PREFACE.
- 3.CONTENTS.
- 4.PRE-COLUMBIAN DISCOVERY.
- 5.GENERAL INTRODUCTION. — HISTORIC FANCIES. — THE SEA OF DARKNESS. — THE PHENICIANS. — JUBA'S EXPEDITION. — TRADITIONS. — THE NORTHMEN. — THE COLONIZATION OF ICELAND. — THE SETTLEMENT OF GREENLAND. — THE PROGRESS OF THE GREENLAND COLONIES. — THE ORGANIZATION OF THE CHURCH. — MONUMENTS AND RUINS. — EXPLORATIONS IN GREENLAND. — THE DECLINE OF GREENLAND. — LOST GREENLAND FOUND. — THE CHARACTER AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE NORTHMEN. — THE SHIPS OF THE NORTHMEN. — THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA. — THE LITERATURE OF ICELAND. — THE NARRATIVES. — THE TRUTHFULNESS OF THE NARRATIVES. — THE ABSENCE OF MONUMENTS AND REMAINS.
- 6.PRE-COLUMBIAN DISCOVERY. — I. FRAGMENTS FROM LANDNAMA-BOK. — II. THE COLONIZATION OF GREENLAND. — FIRST NARRATIVE. — The Baptism of Leif the Fortunate. — SECOND NARRATIVE. — THIRD NARRATIVE. — III. THE VOYAGE OF BIARNE. — FIRST NARRATIVE. — SECOND NARRATIVE. — IV. LEIF'S VOYAGE TO VINLAND. — SECOND NARRATIVE. — THIRD NARRATIVE. — V. THORVALD ERICSON'S EXPEDITION. — VI. THORSTEIN ERICSON'S ATTEMPT TO FIND VINLAND. — VII. THORFINN KARLSEFNE'S EXPEDITION TO VINLAND. — NARRATIVE OF THORFINN KARLSEFNE. — THE ACCOUNT OF THORFINN. — THIRD NARRATIVE. — VIII. THE VOYAGE OF FREYDIS, HELGE AND FINBOGE.
- 7.MINOR NARRATIVES. — I. ARE MARSON IN HVITRAMANNA-LAND. — II. BIÖRN ASBRANDSON. — III. GUDLEIF GUDLAUGSON. — IV. ALLUSIONS TO VOYAGES FOUND IN ANCIENT MANUSCRIPTS. — V. GEOGRAPHICAL FRAGMENTS. — A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE WHOLE EARTH. — FROM GRIPLA. — FOOTNOTES:
- 8.INDEX.
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