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 ; ed. with an introduction by the Rev. Edmund F. Slafter, A.M.
| Author/creator |
Slafter, Edmund F. (Edmund Farwell), 1816-1906 |
| Other author/creator | Beamish, North Ludlow, 1797-1872. |
| Other author/creator | Rafn, Carl Christian, 1795-1864. |
| Format | Electronic and Book |
| Publication Info | Boston : Printed for the Prince society, 1877. |
| Description | 162 p. : front., maps, diagr. ; 22 x 18 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Gale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926 |
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| Series | Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926 Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926. UNAUTHORIZED |
| General note | "Ten copies, large paper. Two hundred copies, small paper." |
| 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 Library of Congress. |
| General note | Sabin no. 81698. |
| References | RLIN, CTRG192387-B |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |
| Other title | Eiríks saga rauða. |
| Other title | Þorfinns saga Karlsefnis ok Snorra Þorbrandssonar. |
| LCCN | 03000964 |
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