Voyages of the Northmen to America [electronic resource] : 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 ; ed. with an introduction by the Rev. Edmund F. Slafter, A.M.
1877
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Voyages of the Northmen to America [electronic resource] : 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 ; ed. with an introduction by the Rev. Edmund F. Slafter, A.M.
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Eiríks saga rauða.
Þorfinns saga Karlsefnis ok Snorra Þorbrandssonar.
Þorfinns saga Karlsefnis ok Snorra Þorbrandssonar.
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Boston : Printed for the Prince society, 1877.
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1 online resource (162 p.)
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"Ten copies, large paper. Two hundred copies, small paper."
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.
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.
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Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive. Part 2: Slave trade in the Atlantic world.
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