INDEX 



Vigfusson, Gudbrand, i. 258, 314 

 Viking expeditions, the earliest, i. 



234-5; in Spain, ii. 200 

 Vikings, origin of the name, i. 244, 



245 

 Viladeste, Mecia de, compass-chart 



of 1413, ii. 234 

 "Villuland" (Norse land of glamour), 



i. 377; ii. 206 

 Vincent of Beauvais, ii. 158 

 Vine, Wild, (" Vitis vulpina "), in N. 



America, i. 317; ii. 3-4 

 " Vinili," i. 136 

 " Vinoviloth," i. 136, 203 

 Virgil, i. 130, 157, 159, 363 

 Vistula, i. 71, 75, 95, 96, loi, 104, 119, 



120, 121, 130, 131, 181 

 Vogel, i. 235 



Volga, ii. 142, 143, 144, 146, 197 

 Voyage of 1267, to the north of 



Baffin Bay, i. 250, 307-11; ii. 82, 83, 



Wackernagel, W., ii. 32, 189 



Walkendorf, Archbishop Eric, ii. 86, 

 112, 117, 163, 174 



Walrus, ii. 112, 155, 163, 165, 243; 

 hunting, i. 172, 176-8, 212, 216, 221, 

 276-8, 287, 300; ii. 72, 163-4, 173-8; 

 tusks, i. 172, 176, 192, 212, 217, 277, 

 300, 303; ii. 163, 174; hide for ropes, 

 ii. 172, 176, 212, 277, 303; ii. 164, 

 178 



Walsperger, Andreas, mappamundi 

 by, ii. 283, 284, 286 



Warank, Varyag, Varangi (Arab, 

 Russian and Greek names for Scan- 

 dinavians), ii. 196, 199, 200, 210-1 



Wattenzone, Die, i. 68 



Welcher, F. G., i. 371 



Wends, i. loi, 113, 169, 180 



Western Settlement of Greenland, i. 

 266, 271, 272, 300, 301, 302, 307, 311, 

 321, 322, 334; ii. 71, 90; decline of, 

 ii. 95-100, 102, 106, 107-111; visit of 

 Ivar Bardsson to, ii. 108 



West-sae, i. 169, 170 



Whales, Whaling, i. 251; ii. 145, 173; 

 in Bay of Biscay, i. 39; ii. 159, 161; 

 in Normandy, ii. 159, 161; Nor- 



wegian, i. 172; ii. 155-9, 178, 243; 

 in Greenland, i. 276, 277; ii. 72; in 

 Ireland, ii. 156; in the Mediterra- 

 nean, ii. 162; in legend, i. 325-6, 344, 

 363. 364; ii. 213, 234 



Whirlpools (see Maelstrom) 



White Men's Land, The (see Hvitra- 

 manna-land, and Tir na-Fer Finn) 



White Sea, i. 169, 171, 172, 174, 175, 

 218-9, 222; ii. 135-42, 164, 173, 179, 

 237 



Wichmann, Prof., i. 219 



" WidsiS," i. 234 



Wieland, C. M., i. 352, 362; ii. 54, 150 



Wieser, von, ii. 249 



Wiklund, K. B., i. 112; ii. 175 



" Wildhlappelandi," i. 226; ii. 256, 

 263, 268; " Wildlappmanni," ii. 269, 

 270 



Wilhelmi, ii. 366 



Wille, Prof. N., ii. 3 



William of Malmesbury, i. 378 



Wilse, J. N., i. 352 



Wineland (Vinland, Vinland, Vind- 

 land, Winland, Wyntlandia, etc.), 

 i. 184, 195, 196-8, 201, 249, 260, 273, 

 312-84; ii. 1-65, 90-3, no, 154, 188, 

 190-1, 228, 239, 240, 293, 294, 304; 

 called " the Good," i. 313, 353, 369, 

 373; ii. 60; vines and wheat in, i. 

 195, 197-8, 317, 325, 325-7, 345-53, 

 382-3; ii. 3-6, 59; =the Fortunate 

 Isles, i. 345-53, 382-4; ii, 1-2, 61; 

 authorities for the Wineland voy- 

 ages, i. 312-3; discovered by Leif 

 Ericson, i. 317; Karlsevne's voy- 

 age, i. 320-30; Irish origin of ideas 

 of, i. 167, 258, 353-69; ii. 60; the 

 name of, i. 353, 367; ii. 61; summary 

 of conclusions on, ii. 58-62 



Winge, Herluf, i. 275 



Winship, G. P., ii. 295, 305, 319, 320, 



324, 326, 333, 336, 340, 341, 342 

 " Wisu " (or " Isu "), Arabic name 

 for a people in North Russia, ii. 

 143-6, 200, 270 

 Wizzi, i. 188, 383; ii. 64, 143 

 Wolf, Jens Lauritzon, i. 364 



Wolfenbiittel, Portuguese 16th-cen- 

 tury map at, ii. 331, 332, 335, 356 



419 



