The Norse discovery of America; a compilation in extenso [!] 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, editor in chief. J. W. Buel, managing editor.
Publisher:
Norrœna Society,
Copyright Date:
1906
Description:
3 p. l., iii-xxii, 343 p. col. front., plates, fold. maps, plan, facsims. 24 cm.
"Of the Viking edition there are but six hundred and fifty sets made for the world, of which this is No. 60." In 3 parts: pt. 1 is a reprint of chapters 1-7 of A. M. Reeves' "The finding of Wineland the good, London, 1895"; pt. 2 ("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.
Series:
Norrœna, the history and romance of northern Europe; a library of supreme classics printed in complete form. Viking ed. 1906.
LCCN:
07006175
Locations:
PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)
O3AX572 -- Cornell College - Russell D. Cole Library (Mount Vernon)
PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)
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