The Vinland map and the Tartar relation

by R.A. Skelton, Thomas E. Marston, and George D. Painter for the Yale University Library ; with a foreword by Alexander O. Vietor.

Published by Yale University Press, New Haven : London, 1965

About this Item

Hbk, xii, 291 pages, 19 pages of plates (some folded), 27 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, facsimiles, maps (some folded) ; 30 cm. A clean unmarked copy in very good condition. Dust-wrapper also in pretty good condition. "The manuscript map and text were copied about 1440 by an unknown scribe from lost earlier originals. The first is a world map, including the Western Ocean, with representations of Iceland, Greenland, and Vinland; the second is an account, written in 1247 by an unidentified friar who called himself C. de Bridia, of Carpini's mission to the Mongols in 1245-47." [Cartography History - Mongols History. - Vikings - Northmen Exploring expeditions - Early maps - North America Historical geography - America Norse Discoveries in geography] p1847 / m16270.

Seller Inventory # 016270

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Vinland map and the Tartar relation
• Publisher: Yale University Press, New Haven : London
• Publication Date: 1965
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good