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124 pages : 22 cm, Includes translations of the two sagas, introductory note outlining historical background, and lists of personal names and place names used in the sagas, \"Since this book was first published in February, 1965, a previously unknown medieval map showing Vinland has come to light. This world map is believed to have been copied in Basle (Switzerland) around 1440 -- at least fifty years before Christopher Columbus set sail for the New World. The map ... provides remarkable and timely corroboration of the Sagas translated in this volume ...\"--Note, Grœnlendinga saga -- Eirik's saga

Author

Magnússon, Magnús, translator; Hermann Pálsson, 1921-2002, translator

Publisher

[New York] : New York University Press

Published

1966

Language

EN

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Humanities

Rating

3.83 / 5 (656 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14