...Robert H. Fuson Was L ’Anse aux Meadows really Vinland? This book is required reading for anyone at all interested in the answer to that intriguing question. Westward to Vinland is more than an archaeological report. It offers an excellent account of the Eskimos and Indians of northeastern...

... Before Columbus ), and though Pohl is cited in the references at the end, he is not given direct credit for the location of Vinland, which is derived from his theory in toto (Appendix A; p. 270). Part Two (“The Golden Age of Discovery”) commences with Gil Eannes rounding Cape Bojador in 1434 A.D...

... of evidence. The first is the prominence of Hvitramannaland in the Norse sagas; it is actually mentioned more often than Vinland. The second is the recent archaeological discovery of Helge and Anne Ingstad at the Strait of Belle Isle. Because of carbon dating and extensive evidence of ironworking, an activity...

... controversies are skillfully summarized. The “policy of secrecy,” inherently plausible despite evident excesses, is treated with polite skepticism: the Vinland map, a scandal, escapes with a mild “now held by some to be a forgery.” In the profusion of themes some perspectives are lost. The conquest of Seville...

... quasi un nuovo mondo.” This is the first reference to America as a “New World.” The acceptance of Sinclair as a bonafide voyager to America in the 14th century is long overdue, and Pohl is not alone in his attempt to correct the record. The Helgi-Finnbogi voyage to Vinland and its encampment...

.... He discusses the Vinland Map and places it in proper perspective. This elucidation may not contribute either heat or light to the question of the document’s value, but we have certainly had enough of the former. Geography is probably the most neglected if not ignored subject in the training...

... the theory of “The Policy of Secrecy” allegedly followed by Portugal as “perhaps the most preposterous in modem history” (p. 110). The Yale map showing Vinland is regarded as a forgery. “After these foolish fancies, it is a relief to return to cold facts. Portugal in the early fifteenth century became...

... on the processes of early European expansion. Leaving aside spectacular, but controversial, finds like the so-called Vinland map, most of them illuminate details and sometimes processes. On the subject of Portuguese Asia, for instance, the memoirs of a Flemish jewel trader, La vida de Jacques de Couttre...

... alterations as there are, are limited to passing allusions to the “Vinland map” and to the ongoing Vespucci controversy. Most of the factual errors pointed out by Charles Nowell in his review of the first edition ( HAHR , Aug. 1964, pp. 402-404) remained uncorrected. They include the tenth parallel north...

.... Pohl, Atlantic Crossings Before Columbus (New York, 1961). 36 R. A. Skelton, Thomas E. Marston, and George D. Painter, The Vinland Map and the Tartar Relation (New Haven, 1965). For news stories, see the New York Times , October 11, 12, 13, and 15, 1965. For a review by Morison, see New...