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Title: The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503

Author: Various

Editor: Julius E. Olson and Edward Gaylord Bourne

Release Date: June 13, 2006 [EBook #18571]

Language: English

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ORIGINAL NARRATIVES
OF EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY

REPRODUCED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE
AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION

GENERAL EDITOR, J. FRANKLIN JAMESON, PH.D., LL.D.
DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HISTORICAL RESEARCH IN THE
CARNEGIE INSTITUTION OF WASHINGTON

THE NORTHMEN, COLUMBUS, AND CABOT
985-1503

_ORIGINAL NARRATIVES
OF EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY_

THE NORTHMEN
COLUMBUS AND CABOT
985-1503

THE VOYAGES OF THE NORTHMEN
EDITED BY
JULIUS E. OLSON
PROFESSOR OF THE SCANDINAVIAN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES
IN THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN

THE VOYAGES OF COLUMBUS
AND OF JOHN CABOT
EDITED BY
EDWARD GAYLORD BOURNE, PH.D.
PROFESSOR OF HISTORY IN YALE UNIVERSITY

_WITH MAPS AND A FACSIMILE
REPRODUCTION_

CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
NEW YORK

COPYRIGHT, 1906, BY
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

Printed in the United States of America

_All rights reserved. No part of this book
may be reproduced in any form without
the permission of Charles Scribner's Sons_

GENERAL PREFACE TO THE ORIGINAL NARRATIVES OF EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY

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