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Erikson, Eskimos, and Columbus : Medieval European Knowledge of America.
Title:
Erikson, Eskimos, and Columbus : Medieval European Knowledge of America.
Author:
Enterline, James Robert.
ISBN:
9780801875472
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (368 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Illustrations -- Directory to the Chronological Survey -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 - Introduction -- Part I - Outstanding Misunderstandings -- Chapter 2 - Claudius Clavus -- Chapter 3 - The Inventio Forunatae -- Chapter 4 - The Yale Vinland Map -- Part II - The Chronological Survey -- Chapter 5 - Introduction to the Chronological Survey -- Classical Norse Greenland -- Chapter 6 - Early Scandinavian Geography -- Chapter 7 - Communication Links with Greenland -- Chapter 8 - The Unseen Bridge -- Uncovering an America -- Chapter 9 - Late Greenland-Based Exploration -- Chapter 10 - Foundations of European Misunderstandings -- Chapter 11 - News Penetrates the Establishment -- Chapter 12 - Europe's Westward Awakening -- Chapter 13 - Mastery of the Atlantic -- Old Images in New Maps -- Chapter 14 - A New Continent Emerges -- Chapter 15 - An Old Continent Emerges -- Chapter 16 - The Misunderstandings are Resolved -- Chapter 17 - Conclusion -- Appendix -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Facsimile Atlases and Reproductions -- Index.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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