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999 AD (search for this): chapter 1
s since called Heriulfsness. Now fared Went. Biarni to his father, and gave up sailing, and was with his father whilst Heriulf lived, and afterwards lived there after his father. Ii.—The voyage of Leif the Lucky. [after Biarni had reached the Greenland settlement, and told his story, he was blamed for not having explored these unknown lands more carefully; and Leif the Lucky bought Biarni's vessel, and set sail with thirty-five companions, to see what he could discover.] (A. D. 999.) First they found the land which Biarni had found last. Then sailed they to the land, and cast anchor, and put off a boat, and went ashore, and saw there no grass. Mickle Great. glaciers were over all the higher parts; but it was like a plain of rock from the glaciers to the sea, and it seemed to them that the land was good for nothing. Then said Leif, We have not done about this land like Biarni, not to go upon it: now I will give a name to the land, and call it Helluland (flat-stone
German (search for this): chapter 1
le Large. man and stout, most noble to see, a wise man, and moderate in all things. Iii.—Leif finds vines, and goes back to Greenland. one evening it chanced that a man was wanting of their people; and this was Tyrker, the Southerner. German. Leif took this very ill; for Tyrker had been long with his parents, and loved Leif much in his childhood. Leif now chid his people sharply, and made ready to fare forth to seek him, and twelve men with him. But when they had gone a little way, led in face, little and wizened in growth, but a man of skill in all arts. Then said Leif to him, Why wert thou so late, my fosterer, Foster-father, or perhaps foster-brother. and separated from the party? He talked at first a long while in German, and rolled many ways his eyes, and twisted his face; but they skilled not what he said. He said then in Norse, after a time, I went not very far; but I have great news to tell. I have found grape-vines and grapes.—Can that be true, my fosterer
1008 AD (search for this): chapter 1
Book I: the legends of the Northmen. (A. D. 985-1008.) These extracts are taken from two Icelandic works called Thattr Eireks Randa (the piece about Eirek the Red) and Graenlendinga Thatt (the piece about the Greenlanders). These passages were translated by J. Elliot Cabot, Esq., and were published in The Massachusetts Quarterly Review for March, 1849. It is now the general belief of historians, that these legends are mainly correct; and that the region described as Vinland was a part of the North-American Continent. Beyond this we do not know. The poet Whittier has written thus of these early explorers, in his poem called The Norsemen:— What sea-worn barks are those which throw The light spray from each rushing prow? Have they not in the North Sea's blast Bowed to the waves the straining mast? Their frozen sails the low, pale sun Of Thule's night has shone upon; Flapped by the sea-wind's gusty sweep, Round icy drift and headland steep. Wild Jutland's wives and Lochlin's d
Anderson (search for this): chapter 1
. . . Now there was a great talk about Leif's Vinland voyage; and Thorvald, his brother, thought the land had been too little explored. Then said Leif to Thorvald, Thou shalt go with my ship, brother, if thou wilt, to Vinland. There has been much difference of opinion as to where Vinland was. Some think that it was Nantucket; others, the island of Conanicut in Narragansett Bay; and others, some place much farther north and east. See Costa's Pre-Columbian Discovery of North America, Anderson's Norsemen in America, Kohl's History of the Discovery of the East Coast of North America, published by the Maine Historical Society. IV.—Thorvald, Leif's brother, goes to Vinland. Now Thorvald made ready for this voyage with thirty men, with the counsel thereon of Leif, his brother. Then they fitted out their ship, and bore out to sea (A. D. 1002): and there is nothing told of their voyage before they came to Vinland, to Leif's booths; and they laid up their ship, and dwelt in pea
Markland (search for this): chapter 1
a name to the land, and call it Helluland (flat-stone land). Perhaps Labrador, where flat stones abound, or Newfoundland. Then they went to their ship. After that they sailed into the sea, and found another land, sailed up to it, and cast anchor; then put off a boat, and went ashore. This land was flat, and covered with wood and broad white sands wherever they went, and the shore was low. Then said Leif, From its make Form. shall a name be given to this land; and it shall be called Markland (Woodland). Perhaps Nova Scotia. Then they went quickly down to the vessel. Now they sailed thence into the sea with a north-east wind, and were out two days before they saw land; and they sailed to land, and came to an island that lay north of the land; and they went on to it, and looked about them in good weather, and found that dew lay upon the grass; Perhaps honey-dew, a sweet substance left on grass by an insect called aphis. and that happened that they put their hands in the d
1002 AD (search for this): chapter 1
anicut in Narragansett Bay; and others, some place much farther north and east. See Costa's Pre-Columbian Discovery of North America, Anderson's Norsemen in America, Kohl's History of the Discovery of the East Coast of North America, published by the Maine Historical Society. IV.—Thorvald, Leif's brother, goes to Vinland. Now Thorvald made ready for this voyage with thirty men, with the counsel thereon of Leif, his brother. Then they fitted out their ship, and bore out to sea (A. D. 1002): and there is nothing told of their voyage before they came to Vinland, to Leif's booths; and they laid up their ship, and dwelt in peace there that winter, and caught fish for their meat. But in the spring, Thorvald said they would get ready their ship, and send their long-boat, and some men with it, along to the westward of the land, and explore it during the summer. The land seemed to them fair and woody, and narrow between the woods and the sea, and of white sand. There were many isla
March, 1849 AD (search for this): chapter 1
Book I: the legends of the Northmen. (A. D. 985-1008.) These extracts are taken from two Icelandic works called Thattr Eireks Randa (the piece about Eirek the Red) and Graenlendinga Thatt (the piece about the Greenlanders). These passages were translated by J. Elliot Cabot, Esq., and were published in The Massachusetts Quarterly Review for March, 1849. It is now the general belief of historians, that these legends are mainly correct; and that the region described as Vinland was a part of the North-American Continent. Beyond this we do not know. The poet Whittier has written thus of these early explorers, in his poem called The Norsemen:— What sea-worn barks are those which throw The light spray from each rushing prow? Have they not in the North Sea's blast Bowed to the waves the straining mast? Their frozen sails the low, pale sun Of Thule's night has shone upon; Flapped by the sea-wind's gusty sweep, Round icy drift and headland steep. Wild Jutland's wives and Lochlin's
860 AD (search for this): chapter 1
hey glide; and now I view Their iron-armed and stalwart crew: Joy glistens in each wild blue eye Turned to green earth and summer sky: Each broad, seamed breast has cast aside Its cumbering vest of shaggy hide: Bared to the sun, and soft warm air, Streams back the Norseman's yellow hair. I see the gleam of axe and spear; The sound of smitten shields I hear, Keeping a harsh and fitting time To Saga's chant and Runic rhyme. I.—how the Northmen discovered north America. [about the year 860, a Danish sailor named Gardar was driven upon the shores of Iceland, after which that island was settled by a colony from Norway. About a hundred years later, Greenland was settled from Iceland; Eirek the red being the first to make the voyage. With him went one Heriulf, whose son Biarni had been in the habit of passing every other winter with his father, and then sailing on distant voyages. Then happened what follows.] That same summer (985 or 986) came Biarni with his ship to Eyrar (I
Tyrker (search for this): chapter 1
, and moderate in all things. Iii.—Leif finds vines, and goes back to Greenland. one evening it chanced that a man was wanting of their people; and this was Tyrker, the Southerner. German. Leif took this very ill; for Tyrker had been long with his parents, and loved Leif much in his childhood. Leif now chid his people shTyrker had been long with his parents, and loved Leif much in his childhood. Leif now chid his people sharply, and made ready to fare forth to seek him, and twelve men with him. But when they had gone a little way, there came Tyrker to meet them, and was joyfully received. Leif found at once that his old friend was somewhat out of his mind: he was bustling and unsteady-eyed, freckled in face, little and wizened in growth, but a manTyrker to meet them, and was joyfully received. Leif found at once that his old friend was somewhat out of his mind: he was bustling and unsteady-eyed, freckled in face, little and wizened in growth, but a man of skill in all arts. Then said Leif to him, Why wert thou so late, my fosterer, Foster-father, or perhaps foster-brother. and separated from the party? He talked at first a long while in German, and rolled many ways his eyes, and twisted his face; but they skilled not what he said. He said then in Norse, after a time, I w
Mickle (search for this): chapter 1
is father. Ii.—The voyage of Leif the Lucky. [after Biarni had reached the Greenland settlement, and told his story, he was blamed for not having explored these unknown lands more carefully; and Leif the Lucky bought Biarni's vessel, and set sail with thirty-five companions, to see what he could discover.] (A. D. 999.) First they found the land which Biarni had found last. Then sailed they to the land, and cast anchor, and put off a boat, and went ashore, and saw there no grass. Mickle Great. glaciers were over all the higher parts; but it was like a plain of rock from the glaciers to the sea, and it seemed to them that the land was good for nothing. Then said Leif, We have not done about this land like Biarni, not to go upon it: now I will give a name to the land, and call it Helluland (flat-stone land). Perhaps Labrador, where flat stones abound, or Newfoundland. Then they went to their ship. After that they sailed into the sea, and found another land, sailed up
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