IN NORTHERN MISTS
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
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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
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