Erikson, Eskimos & Columbus : medieval European knowledge of America / James Robert Enterline.
TITLE:
Erikson, Eskimos & Columbus : medieval European knowledge of America / James Robert Enterline.
Alternate Title:
Erikson, Eskimos and Columbus
Publication Date:
2002
Publication Information:
Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press,
Physical Description:
342 p. : ill., maps.
Geographic Term:
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
How did medieval Europeans have such specific geographic knowledge of North America, a land even their most daring adventurers had not yet discovered? In Erikson, Eskimos, and Columbus, James Robert Enterline presents new evidence that traces this knowledge to the cartographic skills of indigenous people of the high Arctic, who, he contends, provided the basis for medieval maps of large parts of North America. Drawing on an exhaustive chronological survey of pre-Columbian maps, including the controversial Yale Vinland Map, this book boldly challenges conventional accounts of Europe's discovery of the New World.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780801866609
9780801878954
General Note:
Published in cooperation with the Center for American Places, Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Harrisonburg, Virginia.
