The Norse Atlantic Saga: Being the Norse Voyages of Discovery and Settlement to Iceland, Greenland, America

PART ONE: THE STORY 1. ICELAND I. Before the Norsemen II. The Norse discovery and first settlement III. The stripling republic IV. Life and literature V. The republic ends 2. GREENLAND I. Discovery and settlement II. Decline and fall 3. VINLAND THE GOOD Venture and withdrawal PART TWO: THE SOURCES 4. The Book of the Icelanders 5. The Book of the Settlements 6. The Greenlander's Saga 7. Eirik the Red's Saga 8. Karlsefni's Voayge to Vinland (Part of the Hauksbók version) 9. The Story of Einar Sokkason APPENDIXES I. Njála: Greatest of sagas II. The only king who rests in Iceland III. Ungortok the Chief of Kakortok IV. Straumfjord in Vinland V. Texts and editions VI. Bibliographical note Index