Erikson, Eskimos & Columbus medieval European knowledge of America

Erikson, Eskimos & Columbus : medieval European knowledge of America / James Robert Enterline.

Author/creator	Enterline, James Robert
Other author/creator	Center for American Places.
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press,
Description	xx, 342 p. ; ill., maps ; 26 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost
Subject(s)	Geography, Medieval--Maps. Early maps. Historical geography--Maps. Nautical charts--History. Vikings--North America. America--Discovery and exploration --Norse.

Variant title	Erikson, Eskimos and Columbus
Contents	Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction 5 I. Outstanding Misunderstandings 2. Claudius Clavus 3I 3. The Inventio Fortunatae and Martin Behaim 49 4. The Yale Vinland Map 6I II. The Chronological Survey 5. Introduction to the Chronological Survey 73 A. CLASSICAL NORSE GREENLAND 6. Early Scandinavian Geography 83 7. Communication Links with Greenland 97 8. The Unseen Bridge 113 B. UNCOVERING AN AMERICA 9. Late Greenland-Based Exploration 135 10. Foundations of European Misunderstandings 146 11. News Penetrates the Establishment 164 12. Europe's Westward Awakening I95 13. Mastery of the Atlantic 215 C. OLD IMAGES IN NEW MAPS 14. A New Continent Emerges 231 15. An Old Continent Emerges 252 16. The Misunderstandings Are Resolved 277 17. Conclusion 291.
General note	Published in cooperation with the center for American places, Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Harrisonburg, Virginia.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [329]-331) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	00011396
ISBN	080186660X (acid-free paper)

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