finding of Wineland the good
Subtitle: the history of the Icelandic discovery of America
By: ed. and tr. from the earliest records by Arthur Middleton Reeves; to which is added Biography and correspondence of the author, by W. D. Foulke; with phototype plates of the vellum mss. of the sagas.
Contributors: Foulke, William Dudley, 1848-1935.
Publisher: H. Frowde
Published: 1895
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 205
Subjects: Manuscripts, Old Norse; America -- Discovery and exploration -- Norse
Other titles: Þorfinns saga Karlsefnis ok Snorra Þorbrandssonar.; Eiríks Þáttr Rauoa.; Grœnlendinga Þáttr.
Notes: The photographic facsimiles are accompanied by a line-for-line transcription of the text, with normalized orthography.
Table of contents: title: Biography and correspondence of A. M. Reeves.; title: Introductory.; title: I. Early fragmentary references to Wineland.; title: II. The saga of Eric the Red.; title: III. The Wineland history of the Flatey book.; title: IV. Wineland in the Icelandic annals.; title: V. Notices of doubtful value; fictions.; title: VI. The publication of the discovery.; title: VII. The Icelandic texts: (I) From Hauksbók: Þorfinns saga Karlsefnis; (II) From AM 557, 4to: Eiríks saga Rauoa; (III) From Flateyjarbók; (a) Eiríks Þáttr Rauoa, (b) Grœnlendinga Þáttr.; title: Notes.