Erikson, Eskimos & Columbus : medieval European knowledge of America / James Robert Enterline.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Enterline, James Robert.

Contributor:

Center for American Places.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geography, Medieval--Maps.

Geography, Medieval.

Early maps.

Historical geography--Maps.

Historical geography.

Nautical charts--History.

Nautical charts.

Vikings--North America--History.

Vikings.

America--Discovery and exploration--Norse.

America.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (363 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Drawing on an exhaustive chronological survey of pre-Columbian maps, including the controversial Yale Vinland Map, this book boldly challenges conventional accounts of Europe's discovery of the New World.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction 5 I. Outstanding Misunderstandings 2. Claudius Clavus 3I 3. The Inventio Fortunatae and Martin Behaim 49 4. The Yale Vinland Map 6I II. The Chronological Survey 5. Introduction to the Chronological Survey 73 A. CLASSICAL NORSE GREENLAND 6. Early Scandinavian Geography 83 7. Communication Links with Greenland 97 8. The Unseen Bridge 113 B. UNCOVERING AN AMERICA 9. Late Greenland-Based Exploration 135 10. Foundations of European Misunderstandings 146 11. News Penetrates the Establishment 164 12. Europe's Westward Awakening I95 13. Mastery of the Atlantic 215 C. OLD IMAGES IN NEW MAPS 14. A New Continent Emerges 231 15. An Old Continent Emerges 252 16. The Misunderstandings Are Resolved 277 17. Conclusion 291.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-334) and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-8018-7547-1

OCLC:

70745376