page_title: Gokstad Mound
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caption_attribution_description: English: Title: Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution Identifier: annualreportofbo1891smitso (find matches) Year: 1846 (1840s) Authors: Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents; United States National Museum. Report of the U. S. National Museum; Smithsonian Institution. Report of the Secretary Subjects: Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science Publisher: Washington&#160;: Smithsonian Institution Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: PEEHISTORIC NAVAL ARCIIITFX'TURE. 619 as the "King's Mound" because, according to popular belief, a king had been buried there with all his treasures, and it was in the expecta- tion of finding these treasures that early in January, 1880, the sons of the farmers of lower Gokstad began excavations of the mound. The Society for the Preservation of Norwegian Antiquities being infornu'd of these i^roceedings, desired to take charge of the undertaking; after considerable negotiations with the proprietors they obtained the privi- lege of opening the mound, and on April 27, 1880, Mr. Mcolaysen, the president of the society, repaired to the spot to direct the work. Text Appearing After Image: Fig. i:i6. The Kino's Mound. I From J. .-;. U'liitp. "The Viking Ship." S.rihncr's Miigaiinp, v,,l. ,i. No.&#160;!&gt;.) The excavation was conducted with great care by opening a passage- way right through the middle of the mound, and the second day already rewarded the diligent explorers by the discovery of a ship stern lying right in the track of the excavation. Upon further widen- ing the track the entire ship was gradually laid bare (Fig. lo(&gt;). Voyage of the Vega, London, 1881, voL i, p. 50 (illustration). Potter's Amerlcfin Monthly, 1882. Werner, Admiral li.: Das Seewesen der Gcrmanischeu Vorzeit (iv ■\Vesterniann'.s Illustrirte Monatshefte Liii, October, 1882. Prehle, in United Service, May, 1883. Good Words, xxii, 759. Boehmer, George H.: Norsk Naval Architecture (in Proceedinjrs U. S. National Museum, vol. ix, p. 455). Memoirs de la Societe Eoyale dcs Antiquaires dn Nord, 1887, p. 280. White, John S.: The Viking ship (in Scrib- ncr's Magazine, vol. ii. No. 5). Preble, in Avuerican Flag, p. 159. Da Costa: Pre- Columbian Discovery of America, p. xxxvii. Fox's Landfnll of Columbus, p. 3. Popular Science Monthly, xix, p. 80. Titxen, N. E.: De Nordiske Laugskibc. In Aarb. f. nord. Oldk. ogHist., 1886. Van Nostrand Eclectic Engineering Magazine, xxiii p. 320. Higginson's Larger History of the United States. Worsaae, J. J. A.: Pre- history of the North (English translation), London, 1886. Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
context_page_description: The Gokstad Mound is a large burial mound at Gokstad Farm in Sandefjord in Vestfold County, Norway. It is also known as the King's Mound and is where the 9th century Gokstad Ship was found.
context_section_description: The Gokstad Mound (Norwegian: Gokstadhaugen) is a large burial mound at Gokstad Farm in Sandefjord (formerly Sandar municipality) in Vestfold County, Norway. It is also known as the King's Mound (Kongshaugen) and is where the 9th century Gokstad Ship was found.
caption: "King's Mound" (Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. 1891)
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