would
have introduced domestic cattle into the North American
fauna 218
And such animals could not have vanished and left no trace
of their existence 219, 220
Further fortunes of the Greenland colony 221
Bishop Eric's voyage in search of Vinland, 1121 222
The ship from Markland, 1347 223
The Greenland colony attacked by Eskimos, 1349 224
Queen Margaret's monopoly, and its baneful effects 225
Story of the Venetian brothers, Nicolo and Antonio Zeno 226
Nicolo Zeno wrecked upon one of the Faeroe islands 227
He enters the service of Henry Sinclair, Earl of the Orkneys
and Caithness 228
Nicolo's voyage to Greenland, cir. 1394 229
Voyage of Earl Sinclair and Antonio Zeno 229, 230
Publication of the remains of the documents by the younger
Nicolo Zeno, 1558 231
The Zeno map 232, 233
Queer transformations of names 234-236
The name _Faeroislander_ became _Frislanda_ 236
The narrative nowhere makes a claim to the "discovery
of America" 237
The "Zichmni" of the narrative means Henry Sinclair 238
Bardsen's "Description of Greenland" 239
The monastery of St. Olaus and its hot spring 240
Volcanoes of the north Atlantic ridge 241
Fate of Gunnbjoern's Skerries, 1456 242
Volcanic phenomena in Greenland 242, 243
Estotiland 244
Drogio 245
Inhabitants of Drogio and the countries beyond 246
The Fisherman's return to Frislanda 247
Was the account of Drogio woven into the narrative
by the younger Nicolo? 248
Or does it represent actual experiences in North
Am
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