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The Vinland map and the Tartar relation
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The Vinland map and the Tartar relation

Author: R A Skelton; Thomas E Marston; George D Painter; C de Bridia, Brother; Yale University. Library.
Publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, 1965.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Facsimile of world map including Iceland, Greenland and Vinland, thought to have been compiled at Basle around 1440. Extensive comments and attempts at interpretation. History and description of manuscript.
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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Skelton, R. A. (Raleigh Ashlin), 1906-1970.
Vinland map and the Tartar relation.
New Haven, Yale University Press, 1965
(OCoLC)746975663
Named Person: C de Bridia, Brother; Giovanni, da Pian del Carpine Archbishop of Antivari; C de Bridia, frère
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: R A Skelton; Thomas E Marston; George D Painter; C de Bridia, Brother; Yale University. Library.
OCLC Number: 711560
Language Note: The text of the Tartar relation is in Latin; the facsimile is accompanied by a transcription of the Latin text with English translation on facing pages.
Notes: The manuscript map and text were copied about 1440 by an unknown scribe from lost earlier originals. The world map features representations of Iceland, Greenland, and Vinland. The text is an account, written in 1247 by a friar who called himself C. de Bridia, of Giovanni del Carpine's mission to the Mongols in 1245-1247.
Description: xii, 291 p. : ill., facsims., maps (part fold.) ; 30 cm.
Contents: The manuscript: history and description / by T. E. Marston --
Facsimiles of the Vinland map and the Tartar relation --
The Tartar relation / edited, with introduction, translation and commentary, by G.D. Painter --
The Vinland map / by R. A. Skelton --
The Tartar relation and the Vinland map, an interpretation / by G.D. Painter.
Other Titles: Vinland map.
Responsibility: by R. A. Skelton, Thomas E. Marston, and George D. Painter for the Yale University Library ; with a foreword by Alexander O. Vietor.

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Facsimile of world map including Iceland, Greenland and Vinland, thought to have been compiled at Basle around 1440. Extensive comments and attempts at interpretation. History and description of manuscript.

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