INDEX 



Nikulas Bergsson, Abbot, of Thvera, 

 (Icelandic geographical work), i. 

 198, 313; ii. I, 2, 237, 256 



Nilsson, Sven, L 35, 60, 205 



" Nisse," Scandinavian fairy, i. 373, 

 381; ii. 15 



Njal's Saga, i. 372 



Noel, S. B. J., ii. 160, 173 



" Nordbotn " (Norderbondt, Nord- 

 hindh Bondh, Nordenbodhn), the 

 Polar Sea, i. 303, 304; ii. 171, 256, 

 259, 267, 268, 269 



Nordenskiold, A. E., i. 226; ii. 32, 220, 



223, 229, 230, 234, 249, 250, 266, 282, 

 285, 357 



NorSrsetur (Greenland), i. 267, 296, 



298-307, 308, 309, 310; ii. 83, 88 

 " NorSrsetudrapa," i. 273, 298 

 Normans, i. 145, 146, 153, 188, 234; ii. 



159-62, 200-2 

 North Cape, i, 171, 172, 174; ii. 124 

 North Pole, whirlpool at, i. 159; land 



at, ii. 239, 263, 272 

 North Sea, amber from, i. 14, 32, 34, 



35 



North-West Passage, i. 115; ii. 129, 

 130, 378 



Norway, i. 58, 60-5, 147, 253, 292, 316, 

 324, 353; ii. 98-100, 169, 170, 204, 237; 

 the name of, i. 107, 179; Jordanes 

 on, i. 136-8; Solinus MSS. on, L 

 161; Ottar on, i. 170-1, 175-80; Adam 

 of Bremen on, i. 188, 190-2, 194, 200; 

 anthropological characteristics in, 

 i. 209-10; fairy-lands in, i. 369-70; 

 whaling in, ii. 155-9; Edrisi on, ii. 

 205; Shirazi on, ii. 211; in mediaeval 

 cartography, ii. 219, 221, 225, 227, 

 231. 235-6, 257, 258-61, 265-9, 286 



Norwegian seafaring, i. 62, 221, 223, 



224, 233-5, 246-52, 287; ii. 135, 140; 

 decline of, ii. 179-81 



Nova Scotia, i. 329, 335, 345; ii. 3, 5, 

 90, 91, 309, 314-6, 317, 321; prob- 

 ably discovered by John Cabot, ii. 

 314-6 



Novaya Zemlya, i. 212, 248; ii. 165, 

 166, 173, 238 



Novilara, Carvings on gravestone at, 

 i. 238, 239 



412 



Novgorod, ii. 140, 142 

 Nydam, Boat from, i. no, 238, 241, 

 244, 246 



Oceanus, i. 8, 9, 10, 11, 16, 79, 192, 



198, 199, 200, 201; ii. I, 154, 182, 198, 



200, 204, 239, 248 

 Ochon, King of the Eruli, i. 141, 



148 

 Odysseus, i. 13, 78; ii. 53, 54 

 " CEcumene " (the habitable world), 



i. 8, 10, 12, 45, 55, 76, 78, 79, 81, 82, 



115, 121, 198; ii. 182, 217 

 CEneae, or GEonae (egg-eaters), L 91, 



92, 95, 131, 155 

 CEstrymnides, L 28, 37-41; =Cassi- 



terides, i. 39 

 Ogygia, i. 182, 347, 355, 363; il 43 

 Olaf the Saint, i. 331; ii. 49, 50, 171 

 Olaf Tryggvason, i. 270, 316, 321, 339; 



ii. 50 

 Olaus Magnus, i. 205, 211, 228; ii. 17, 



89, III, 123, 124, 125, 127, 128, 129, 



131, 139, 141, 152, 163, 173, 178 

 Oliveriana map (circa 1503), ii. 358, 



369, 370, 374-5 

 Olrik, Axel, ii. 252, 253 

 Olsen, Gunnar, i. 377 

 Olsen, Prof. Magnus, L 228, 229, 246, 



297 

 Omar al 'Udhri, i. 284; ii. 156 

 Ongania (reproductions of maps), ii. 



221, 234, 278, 282, 287 

 Oppert, J., i. 35 

 Orcades, i. 57, 90, 106, 107, 117, 123, 



130, 160, 161, 192, 199, 200; ii. 186, 



192, 200 

 Ordericus Vitalis, i. 382; ii. 31 

 "Orkan" (or "Orkas"), L 50-3, 58, 



90 

 Orkneys, i. 52-3, 90, 107, 113, 117, 192, 



195, 258; ii. 55, 148; in mediaeval 



cartography, ii. 219, 228 

 Orosius, Paulus, i. 38, 44, 123, 151, 



169, 184; ii. 183, 192, 193 

 Oseberg ship, i. 246, 247 

 Ostiasi, i. 69, 72 



Ostimians (Ostimnians), i. 38, 69, 72 

 Ost-sae, i. 169 

 Ostyaks, i. 207; ii. 147 



