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Record Nr.

UNINA9910971471003321

Autore

Enterline James Robert

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2002

ISBN

0-8018-7547-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (363 p.)

Disciplina

970.01/3

Soggetti

Geography, Medieval

Early maps

Historical geography

Nautical charts - History

Vikings - North America - History

America Discovery and exploration Norse

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.