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The voyages of the Venetian brothers, Nicolò & Antonio Zeno, to the northern seas, in the XIVth century, comprising the latest known accounts of the lost colony of Greenland; and of the Northmen in America before Columbus. Translated and edited, with notes and an introduction / Richard Henry Major, ed.

Title: The voyages of the Venetian brothers, Nicolò & Antonio Zeno, to the northern seas, in the XIVth century, comprising the latest known accounts of the lost colony of Greenland; and of the Northmen in America before Columbus. Translated and edited, with notes and an introduction / Richard Henry Major, ed.
Author(s): Major, Richard Henry,
Date: 1873.
Publisher: London: Hakluyt Society
Abstract: Italian text, with translation and long introduction of Nicolo Zeno junior's Dello scoprimento dell' isole Frislanda, Eslanda, Engronelanda, Estotilanda, & Icaria, fatto per due fratelli Zeni, M. Nicolò il caualiere, & M. Antonio (Venice 1558). Editor argues that the Zeni did in fact visit Iceland and Greenland in 14th century and obtained contemporary accounts of two parts of North America. Includes text of Icelander Ivar Bardsen's 14th century description of Greenland in Danish, Latin and English.
Keywords: 91(091) -- Exploration, history.
91(08) -- Expeditions: 1390-1405 Zeno Brothers.
93"04/14" -- Fifth to fifteenth centuries A.D.
W -- Expeditions and exploration.
(*3) -- Arctic regions.
(*32) -- Svalbard.
(*38) -- Greenland.
Location(s): SCO: SPRI-SPC: (*3) : 91(091)[1873]
SPRI record no.: 3998

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651 #7 ‡a(*32) -- Svalbard.‡2udc
651 #7 ‡a(*38) -- Greenland.‡2udc
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