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Author Enterline, James Robert

Title Erikson, Eskimos & Columbus : medieval European knowledge of America / James Robert Enterline
Published Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 342 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents 1. Introduction -- I. Outstanding Misunderstandings. 2. Claudius Clavus. 3. The Inventio Fortunatae and Martin Behaim. 4. The Yale Vinland Map -- II. The Chronological Survey. 5. Introduction to the Chronological Survey. 6. Early Scandinavian Geography. 7. Communication Links with Greenland. 8. The Unseen Bridge. 9. Late Greenland-Based Exploration. 10. Foundations of European Misunderstandings. 11. News Penetrates the Establishment. 12. Europe's Westward Awakening. 13. Mastery of the Atlantic. 14. A New Continent Emerges. 15. An Old Continent Emerges. 16. The Misunderstandings Are Resolved. 17. Conclusion -- App. The Vinland Map's Ink
Summary Why did medieval Europeans seem to have such specific knowledge about a land they had not yet discovered? The author presents evidence that the Eskimos' provided the basis for medieval maps of the areas of America that no Europeans had reached
Analysis Geografía medieval Mapas
Mapas antiguos
Geografía histórica Mapas
América Descubrimiento y exploración Noruegos
Notes "Published in cooperation with the center for American places, Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Harrisonburg, Virginia."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-331) and index
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Subject Geography, Medieval -- Maps.
Early maps.
Historical geography -- Maps.
Nautical charts -- History
Vikings -- North America -- History
historical maps.
HISTORY -- Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
HISTORY.
Discoveries in geography -- Norse
Early maps
Geography, Medieval
Historical geography
Nautical charts
Vikings
Kartografie
Entdeckung
Kennis.
Europeanen.
Ontdekkingsreizen.
Kolonisatie.
Kaarten (geografie)
Beeldvorming.
Entdeckung -- Amerika -- Wikinger.
Kartographie -- Amerika -- Geschichte Mittelalter.
Amerikabild -- Europa -- Geschichte Mittelalter.
Entdeckung.
Kartographie.
Normannen.
Geography, Medieval -- Maps.
Early maps.
Historical geography -- Maps.
Nautical charts -- History.
Vikings -- North America -- History.
Carte ancienne.
Carte nautique.
Cartographie.
Découverte géographique.
Géographie.
Histoire.
Moyen Âge.
Viking (Peuple)
10e siècle-15e siècle.
Cartes marines.
Viking (peuple)
voyage d'exploration.
SUBJECT America -- Discovery and exploration -- Norse. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85004249
Subject North America -- Discovery and exploration -- [literature] -- 2002.
Europe -- History of cartography -- [literature] -- 2002.
America
North America
Amerika
Europa
Wikinger -- Grönland.
Amerika.
America -- Discovery and exploration -- Norse.
Amérique.
Amérique du nord.
Amérique du nord - découverte.
Wikinger.
Genre/Form Electronic books
Early maps
History
Maps
Early maps.
Cartes anciennes.
Form Electronic book
Author Center for American Places.
ISBN 0801875471
9780801875472
080186660X
9780801866609
Other Titles Erikson, Eskimos and Columbus