The finding of Wineland the Good
Subtitle: the history of the Icelandic discovery of America.
By: Edited and translated from the earliest records by Arthur Middleton Reeves. To which is added biography and correspondence of the author, by W. D. Foulke.
Contributors: Foulke, William Dudley, 1848-1935.
Series: Burt Franklin research & source work series,; 100
Publisher: B. Franklin
Published: 1967
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 205
Subjects: Manuscripts, Old Norse; America -- Discovery and exploration -- Norse
Other titles: Þorfinns saga Karlsefnis ok Snorra þorbrandssonar.; Eiríks saga rauða.; Grœnlendinga þättr.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
The facsims of the MSS. are accompanied by a line by line transcription of the texts in modern Icelandic.
Reprint of the 1895 ed.
Table of contents: title: Biography and correspondence of A. M. Reeves.; title: Introductory.; title: Early fragmentary references to Wineland.; title: The saga of Eric the Red.; title: The Wineland history of the Flatey book.; title: Wineland in the Icelandic annals.; title: Notices of doubtful value; fictions.; title: The publication of the discovery.; title: The Icelandic texts: Hauksbók; Þorfinns saga Karisefinis. AM 557, 4to; Eiríks saga Rauða. Flatey-jarbȯk: Eiríks þȧttr Rauða. Groenlendinga þáttr.; title: Notes.