The Vinland map and the Tartar relation # 17016
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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.
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. The manuscript: history and description / T. E. Marston. - Facsimiles of the Vinland map and the Tartar relation. - The Tartar relation, editied, with introduction, translation and commentary / G. D. Painter. - The Vinland map / R. A. Skelton. - The Tartar relation and the Vinland map: an interpretation / G. D. Painter.
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. The manuscript: history and description / T. E. Marston. - Facsimiles of the Vinland map and the Tartar relation. - The Tartar relation, editied, with introduction, translation and commentary / G. D. Painter. - The Vinland map / R. A. Skelton. - The Tartar relation and the Vinland map: an interpretation / G. D. Painter.