In Northern Mists: Arctic Exploration in Early Times (Volume 2 of 2)

In Northern Mists: Arctic Exploration in Early Times (Volume 2 of 2)A confirmation of the identity of...
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Author: Nansen, Fridtjof,1861-1930
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In Northern Mists: Arctic Exploration in Early Times (Volume 2 of 2)

In Northern Mists: Arctic Exploration in Early Times (Volume 2 of 2)

€6,33

In Northern Mists: Arctic Exploration in Early Times (Volume 2 of 2)

€6,33
Author: Nansen, Fridtjof,1861-1930
Format: eBook
Language: English

In Northern Mists: Arctic Exploration in Early Times (Volume 2 of 2)

A confirmation of the identity of Wineland and the Insul Fortunat, which in classical legend lay to the west of Africa, occurs in the Icelandic geography (in MSS. of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries) which may partly be the work of Abbot Nikuls of Thver (ob. 1159) (although perhaps not the part here quoted), where we read: South of Greenland is Helluland, next to it is Markland, and then it is not far to Vnland hit Ga, which some think to be connected with Africa (and if this be so, then the outer ocean [i.e., the ocean surrounding the disc of the earth] most fall in between Vinland and Markland).[1] This idea of the connection with Africa seems to have been general in Iceland; it may appear surprising, but, as will be seen, it finds its natural explanation in the manner here stated. It also appears in Norway. Besides a reference in the Kings Mirror, the following passage in the Historia Norwegi relating to Greenland is of particular importance: ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 40634
Author: Nansen, Fridtjof
Release Date: Sep 1, 2012
Format: eBook
Language: English

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Translator: Chater, Arthur G.

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