The Norse discoverers of America
- Subtitle
- the Wineland sagas translated & discussed
G. M. (Geoffrey Malcolm) Gathorne-Hardy
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1. Front matter2. THE NORSE Discoverers of AMERICA3. Introductory material4. INTRODUCTION5. CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY6. GENEALOGICAL TABLE7. §1. ERIC THE RED AND THE COLONIZATION OF GREENLAND8. §2. THE ADVENTURE OF BJARNI HERJULFSON9. §3. OF THORBJÖRN VIFILSON10. §4. GUDRID COMES TO GREENLAND11. §5. GUDRID AND THE SIBYL12. §6. LEIF GOES TO NORWAY13. §7. LEIF DISCOVERS WINELAND14. §8. THORVALD’S VOYAGE AND DEATH15. §9. THORSTEIN’S UNSUCCESSFUL VENTURE16. §10. THE EXPEDITION OF THORFIN KARLSEFNI17. §11. FREYDIS18. APPENDIX19. Flatey Book Version.20. I. NATURE OF THE EVIDENCE21. II. THE DISCREPANCIES OF THE FLATEY BOOK22. III. THE STORIES AS HISTORY23. IV. SKRÆLINGS24. V. THE ‘DÆGR’ AND ‘EYKTARSTAD’ QUESTIONS25. VI. THE VOYAGES. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS26. VII. THE VOYAGES IN DETAIL: BJARNI, LEIF, THORVALD27. VIII. KARLSEFNI’S EXPEDITION28. IX. AFTERMATH AND CONCLUSION.29. BIBLIOGRAPHY30. INDEX