A. M. Reeves

The Norse Discovery Of America

The Norse Discovery Of America As Detailed in the Icelandic Sagas. By A. M. reeves. et. al. The Viking and Norse exploration of the continent of North America remains one of the lesser-known episodes of pre-Columbus American history, despite its unquestioned authenticity and numerous archaeological proofs. One of the more interesting sources for these early trans-Atlantic voyages is to be found in the famous Icelandic Sagas, and this book is a masterful collection of these adventures.

Written and compiled by expert scholars and translated directly from the original Icelandic, the Sagas showed that there were numerous Norse voyages of exploration—and settlements—in North America more than 500 years before Columbus. The meticulous research in this work also reveals that Columbus himself was aware of these Norse ventures, and that this knowledge provided many valuable details such as approximately how many days’ sailing he faced.

The Sagas also contain many other fascinating details, such as the name of the first Norse baby born in North America, interactions with the natives—which alternated between trading and war—and the location of their landing points and settlements.

In addition, the Sagas provide evidence of Norse settlers in the New World who stayed behind, and were absorbed into the native population. This book also looks at how US Indian vocabulary was influenced by Norse and Celtic words, and includes a list of Norse/Irish trans-Atlantic voyages of exploration.

Actually three books in one, The Norse Discovery of America remains the leading English translation and study of the Icelandic Sagas ever published—a field of science and historical endeavor now increasingly being ignored.

Completely reset, with all the original illustrations and the complete text.

Cover illustration: Leif Erikson Discovering America, by Christian Krohg (1893)

Contents

Preface

Introduction

Book I: Arguments and Proofs That Support the Claim of Norse Discovery of America by Arthur M. Reeves.

Chapter I: Early Fragmentary References to Wineland

Chapter II: The Saga of Eric the Red

Chapter III: The Wineland History of the Flatey Book

Chapter IV: A Brief History of Eric the Red

Chapter V: Wineland in The Icelandic Annals

Chapter VI: Notices of Doubtful Value; Fictions

Chapter VII: The Publication of the Discovery

Book II: Arguments and Evidences Respecting the Claim that America was Discovered by Norsemen About A. D. 1000, and Colonized about A. D. 1003, with Proofs Submitted as to Occupation of a part of the Country, Known as Irland in Mikla, or Great Ireland, by the Irish, in the Eleventh Century, by North Ludlow Beamish.

Introduction to a Study of Icelandic Records

Saga of Erik the Red

Discovery and Colonization of Greenland, A. D. 985

Bjarne Seeks Out Greenland, A. D. 986

Voyage of Leif Erikson, A. D. 1008

Thorvald Repairs to Vinland, A. D. 1002

Unsuccessful Voyage of Thorstein Erikson, A. D. 1005

From The Heimskringla, Or History of the Norwegian Kings, According to the 2nd Vellum Codex of the Arnae-Magnaean Collection, No. 45 Folio.188

Saga Of Thorfinn Karlsefne

Expedition to and Settlement in Vinland by Thorfinn Karlsefni, A. D. 1007

Voyage of Freydis, Helgi and Finnbogi, A. D. 1011

Geographical Notices in Ancient Icelandic MSS.

Monuments and Inscriptions

Minor Narratives

Book III: The Norsemen in America, by Rasmus B. Anderson, LL. D.

Chapter I: Norumbega

Chapter II: Norse Voyages in the Tenth and Following Centuries

Chapter III: Columbus and the Norsemen

Chapter IV: Discovery of America by the Irish

Illustrations

Leif Erikson Discovers a New World

Death of Thorvald Erikson

Reproduced page of the Flatey manuscript

Karlsefni’s Expedition Ascending Charles River

Letter of Pope Innocent III to Norway Bishops

Front View of the Old Icelandic Skali or Hall

Ground Plan of the Interior of the Old Icelandic Skali or Hall

Norsemen Celebrating Their Discovery

Kingiktorsoak Runestone

General Chart Exhibiting Discoveries of the Northmen in the Arctic Regions and America

Map of Vinland from accounts contained in Old Northern MSS.

Map of Iceland

294 pages. Paperback.

$18.95

Additional information

Weight 16.96 oz
Dimensions 6 × 0.61 × 6 in
Writer

A. M. Reeves

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