The first settler of the new world : the Vinland expedition of Thorfinn Karlsefni /
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| Author / Creator: | Jónas Kristjánsson. |
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| Imprint: | Reykjavík : University of Iceland Press, 2005. |
| Description: | 53 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5893458 |
Table of Contents:
- A Short Exposition
- The Settlement of Iceland and Greenland
- The Sources on Vinland
- Comparison of the two sagas
- 1. Common features
- 2. Divergent accounts
- 3. Additional incidents in each saga
- 4. Eirik's Saga more reliable
- The route of Thorfinn Karlsefni
- Stone-Slab Land and Forest Land
- Vinland. Keel Point and Wonder Beaches
- Stream Bay and Stream Island
- Hop (Hop)
- Back to Stream Bay. Expedition to the west coast
- Home to Iceland
- Some Vinland questions
- Informants. Consonance and dissonance
- The discovery and exploration of Vinland
- Self-sown wheat
- Vines and grapes
- Chronology
- L'Anse aux Meadows. Vinland today
- In the wake of Thorfinn Karlsefni
- Bibliography
