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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 century
CHAPTER IX
[continued]
WINELAND THE GOOD, THE FORTUNATE ISLES, AND THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA