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In Northern Mists: The History of Arctic Exploration - cover

In Northern Mists: The History of Arctic Exploration

Fridtjof Nansen

Publisher: Musaicum Books

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Summary

"In Northern Mists" is one of the best-known works by a Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen. Table of contents:
Volume 1:
Antiquity, Before Pytheas
Pytheas of Massalia: the Voyage to Thule
Antiquity, After Pytheas
The Early Middle Ages
The Awakening of Mediæval Knowledge of the North
Finns, Skridfinns (Lapps), and the First Settlement of Scandinavia
The Voyages of the Norsemen: Discovery of Iceland and Greenland
Voyages to the Uninhabited Parts of Greenland in the Middle Ages
Wineland the Good, the Fortunate Isles, and the Discovery of America…
Volume 2:
Wineland the Good, the Fortunate Isles, and the Discovery of America
Eskimo and Skræling
The Decline of the Norse Settlements in Greenland
Expeditions of the Norwegians to the White Sea, Voyages in the Polar Sea, Whaling and Sealing
The North in Maps and Geographical Works of the Middle Ages
John Cabot and the English Discovery of North America
The Portuguese Discoveries in the North-West…
Available since: 12/17/2020.
Print length: 722 pages.

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