IN NORTHERN MISTS
Arthur G. Chater translation
IN NORTHERN MISTS
ARCTIC EXPLORATION IN EARLY TIMES
BY FRIDTJOF NANSEN G.C.V.O., D.Sc., D.C.L., Ph.D., PROFESSOR OF OCEANOGRAPHY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CHRISTIANIA, ETC.
TRANSLATED BY ARTHUR G. CHATER
ILLUSTRATED
VOLUME TWO
LONDON: WILLIAM HEINEMANN: MCMXI
PRINTED BY BALLANTYNE & COMPANY LTD AT THE BALLANTYNE PRESS TAVISTOCK STREET COVENT GARDEN LONDON
CONTENTS
CHAP. PAGE
IX. [CONTINUED] WINELAND THE GOOD, THE FORTUNATE ISLES, AND THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA 1
X. ESKIMO AND SKRÆLING 66
XI. THE DECLINE OF THE NORSE SETTLEMENTS IN GREENLAND 95
XII. EXPEDITIONS OF THE NORWEGIANS TO THE WHITE SEA, VOYAGES IN THE POLAR SEA, WHALING AND SEALING 135
XIII. THE NORTH IN MAPS AND GEOGRAPHICAL WORKS OF THE MIDDLE AGES 182
XIV. JOHN CABOT AND THE ENGLISH DISCOVERY OF NORTH AMERICA 291
XV. THE PORTUGUESE DISCOVERIES IN THE NORTH-WEST 345
CONCLUSION 379
LIST OF THE MORE IMPORTANT WORKS REFERRED TO 384
INDEX 397
From an Icelandic MS., fourteenth century