exploration, 66;
type of all, 69;
credit due, for discoveries, 72;
their principalities in time of Alfred, 73

Vinland, discovery of, 57;
renamed, 60;
visited and abandoned by Thorfinn, 61;
recolonised by Freydis, 62;
fragmentary notices of, 63

W

"Wanderers," Lisbon, account of, 23

William de Rubruquis, sent by St. Louis on errand of conversion and
discovery, 92;
interest of his work, 93

Willibald, 44

Wulfstan, 70;
tells of voyages, 71;
service of, to western geography, 72

Y

Yacout, the Roman, _Dictionary_ of, 26

Yang-Tse-Kiang, 96

Z

Zarco, John Gonsalvez, sets out to explore as far as the coast of
Guinea, 163;
his voyages, 164-166;
returns to Madeira, 166;
sends his caravel under his nephew with Lagos fleet, 229;
the voyage, 236-239;
same caravel sent out again, 243

The Story of the Nations.

MESSRS. G. P. Putnam's Sons take pleasure in announcing that they have in
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