VOLUME TWO

LONDON: WILLIAM HEINEMANN: MCMXI

PRINTED BY BALLANTYNE & COMPANY LTD AT THE BALLANTYNE PRESS TAVISTOCK STREET COVENT GARDEN LONDON

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