The Icelander Thorfinn Karlsefni who visited the Western hemisphere in 1007
By: J. Bunford Samuel
Publisher: Printed for private distribution by J. Bunford Samuel
Published: 1922
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 52
Subjects: Discovery and exploration; Norse
Notes: Commemorates erection and dedication of Einar Jónsson's statue of Þorfinnr karlsefni in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia in 1920.

Includes correspondence with the sculptor, incl. an autobiographical sketch by the latter, and various materials on the Norse discovery of America.

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