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The pre-Columbian discovery of America by the Northmen : with translations from the Icelandic sagas

B. F. Decosta · 1890 · Scanned text · Free in the US

65,787 words · about 4 h 36 min to read

Period artwork: Interior of the Bodleian Library, 1845
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About this book

Author
B. F. Decosta
Language
English
Published
1890
Length
65,787 words · about 4 h 36 min
Sections
4 reader sections
Text
Scanned text, read from page scans by OCR; may contain errors
Rights
Public domain in the United States

 

Contents (4)
  1. Contents about 1 min
  2. Preface about 4 h 25 min
  3. Index about 2 min
  4. 1. Donsk tunga, 19 about 8 min

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Contents

I. Preface.

II. General Introduction. — Historic Fancies; The Sea of Darkness; Juba's Expedition; Traditions; The Northmen; The Colonization of Iceland; Settlement of Greenland; 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 Literature of Iceland; The Manuscripts; The Truthfulness of the Narratives; Early Voyages from England to Iceland.

III. Gunnbiorn and his Rocks.

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