
In Northern Mists 2 Volume Set
Arctic Exploration in Early Times
Fridtjof Nansen(Author)
Cambridge University Press
Published on 17. April 2014
Book
828 pages
978-1-108-07170-3 (ISBN)
Description
Accounts of the earliest exploration of the Arctic are scattered through many literatures. In writing this work, reissued here in the two-volume English translation of 1911, the celebrated Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930) returned to many of the original sources. Calling on others to help him interpret texts in several languages, Nansen begins his account with the first mentions of the Arctic in Greek literature and ends with voyages of the sixteenth century. He notably questions some of the traditional history based on Norse sagas. Each volume contains lengthy quotations from little-known documents, making much valuable information accessible to non-specialists. Volume 1 begins in antiquity and, after presenting maps and legends of the Middle Ages, turns to the voyages of the Norsemen to Iceland and Greenland. Volume 2 continues from the discovery of North America to the decline of the settlements in Greenland. Nansen closes with the discoveries made by Cabot and the Portuguese.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
2 Plates, color; 173 Line drawings, unspecified
Dimensions
Height: 245 mm
Width: 170 mm
Thickness: 40 mm
Weight
1450 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-108-07170-3 (9781108071703)
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Persons
Content
Volume 1: Preface; Introduction; 1. Antiquity, before Pytheas; 2. Pytheas of Massalia: the voyage to Thule; 3. Antiquity, after Pytheas; 4. The early middle ages; 5. The awakening of medieval knowledge of the north; 6. Finns, Skridfinns, and the first settlement of Scandinavia; 7. The voyages of the Norsemen: discovery of Iceland and Greenland; 8. Voyages to the uninhabited parts of Greenland in the middle ages; 9. Wineland the Good, the Fortunate Isles, and the discovery of America. Volume 2: 9. Wineland the Good, the Fortunate Isles, and the discovery of America (cont.); 10. Eskimo and Skraeling; 11. The decline of the Norse settlements in Greenland; 12. Expeditions of the Norwegians to the White Sea, voyages in the polar sea, whaling and sealing; 13. The north in maps and geographical works of the middle ages; 14. John Cabot and the English discovery of North America; 15. The Portuguese discoveries in the north-west; Conclusion; List of the more important works referred to; Index.