CONTENTS.
| I. | [Preface.] | |
| II. | [General Introduction.]—Historic Fancies; The Sea of Darkness;Juba's Expedition; Traditions; The Northmen; The Colonizationof Iceland; Settlement of Greenland; Organization of the Church;Monuments and Ruins; Explorations in Greenland; The Declineof Greenland; Lost Greenland Found; The Character and Achievementsof the Northmen; The Ships of the Northmen; The Literatureof Iceland; The Manuscripts; The Truthfulness of theNarratives; The Absence of Monuments and Remains in Vinland. | |
| III. | [Gunnbiorn and his Rocks.] | |
| IV. | [Eric the Red's voyages to Greenland and settlement,] | A.D. 983-986. |
| V. | [Biarne Heriulfsson's voyage to the coast of America,] | A.D. 986. |
| VI. | [Leif Ericson's voyage to Vinland,] | A.D. 1000-1001. |
| VII. | [Thorvald Ericson's voyage to Vinland,] | A.D. 1002. |
| VIII. | [Thorstein Ericson's attempt to Seek Vinland,] | A.D. 1005. |
| IX. | [Thorfinn Karlsefne's settlement in Vinland,] | A.D. 1006-1009. |
| X. | [Freydis's voyage and settlement in Vinland,] | A.D. 1010-1012. |
MINOR NARRATIVES. | ||
| I. | [Are Marson's Sojourn in Hvitramannaland,] | A.D. 983. |
| II. | [Voyage of Biorn Asbrandson,] | A.D. 999. |
| III. | [Gudleif Gudlangson's voyage,] | A.D. 1027. |
| IV. | [Allusions to Voyages found in Ancient Manuscripts.] | |
| V. | [Geographical Fragments.] | |
GENERAL INTRODUCTION.