The Sources of the Vinland Map

Authors

  • Einar Haugen

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic3436

Keywords:

Deglaciation, Glaciation, Sea level, Sparbo, Cape, region, Nunavut, Skogn

Abstract

Suggests that the accuracy of Greenland and Vinland contours can be explained in the existence of a distinct Greenlandic tradition which was entirely unaffected by the Icelandic accounts; that Eric Gnupson, Bishop of Greenland, or one of his Greenlandic informants supplied the information.

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Published

1966-01-01

Issue

Vol. 19 No. 4 (1966): December: 285–364

Section

Commentary