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 Info | Boston : Printed for the Prince Society, 1877 (J. Wilson and Son) |
| Description | 162, [1] p., [3] leaves of plates : ill. maps, ; 22 x 18 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Gale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926 |
| Subjects |
| Series | Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926 Publications of the Prince Society ; [v. 10] Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926. UNAUTHORIZED |
| Local note | Colonization. |
| Local note | 2012AG05100. |
| General note | "Ten copies, large paper. Two hundred copies, small paper."--t.p. recto. |
| General note | Includes index. |
| General note | 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. |
| General note | Reproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society. |
| General note | Sabin no. 65646. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic 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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