Voyages of the Northmen to America : including extracts from Icelandic sages 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 ; edited with an introduction by the Rev. Edmund F. Slafter.

Other author Slafter, Edmund F. (Edmund Farwell), 1816-1906.
Other author Beamish, North Ludlow, 1797-1872.
Other author Rafn, Carl Christian, 1795-1864.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBoston : Printed for the Prince Society, 1877 (J. Wilson and Son)
Description162, [1] p., [3] leaves of plates : ill. maps, ; 22 x 18 cm.
Supplemental ContentGale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926
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SeriesSabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926
Publications of the Prince Society ; [v. 10]
Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926. UNAUTHORIZED
Local noteColonization.
Local note2012AG05100.
General note"Ten copies, large paper. Two hundred copies, small paper."--t.p. recto.
General noteIncludes index.
General noteThe 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.
General noteReproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society.
General noteSabin no. 65646.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2012. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Other title Eiríks saga rauða.
Other title Þorfinns saga Karlsefnis ok Snorra Þorbrandssonar.

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