Narrative of an expedition to the east coast of Greenland ... in search of the lost colonies, tr. by G.G. Macdougall1837 - 80 pages |
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... probably attendant upon an almost literal translation of the Danish , to remain unchanged , rather than risk the chance of error , by substituting the more usual forms of ex- pression . THE EDITOR . 1 CONTENTS . INTRODUCTION . Page ...
... probably attendant upon an almost literal translation of the Danish , to remain unchanged , rather than risk the chance of error , by substituting the more usual forms of ex- pression . THE EDITOR . 1 CONTENTS . INTRODUCTION . Page ...
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... probably were two promontories . - One of the first achievements of the Greenland colonists was the discovery of North America by Leif in the year 1001. The tracts of country there discovered were called Helluland , Mark- land , and ...
... probably were two promontories . - One of the first achievements of the Greenland colonists was the discovery of North America by Leif in the year 1001. The tracts of country there discovered were called Helluland , Mark- land , and ...
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... probably , Queen Margaret and King Erik's having laid a prohibition on its trade , which was considered a royal monopoly , and the proceeds devoted to the maintenance of the royal household , and of their successors being prevented from ...
... probably , Queen Margaret and King Erik's having laid a prohibition on its trade , which was considered a royal monopoly , and the proceeds devoted to the maintenance of the royal household , and of their successors being prevented from ...
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... probably they were either fallen upon and exterminated , like their brethren of the West Bygd , by the Skrællings , or , as an ancient book expresses it , " When their priests and bishops died , and were succeeded by no new ones , they ...
... probably they were either fallen upon and exterminated , like their brethren of the West Bygd , by the Skrællings , or , as an ancient book expresses it , " When their priests and bishops died , and were succeeded by no new ones , they ...
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... probably , of supplying the loss of population ) the inhabitants of those countries of the North that it had spared . Complaints against this procedure are known to have been made repeatedly in the reigns of Margaret and her successor ...
... probably , of supplying the loss of population ) the inhabitants of those countries of the North that it had spared . Complaints against this procedure are known to have been made repeatedly in the reigns of Margaret and her successor ...
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