Note 285 — Chapter VI · THE FINDING OF STRANGE COASTS.
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Footnote 285: Columbus, on his journey to Iceland in 1477, also heard the name Færoislander as Frislanda, and so wrote it in the letter preserved for us in his biography by his son Ferdinand, hereafter to be especially noticed. See Major's remarks on this, op. cit. p. xix.[Back to Main Text]