APP. N°1II.J CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF VOYAGES. (55) 



A. D. 



Abt 890, N. Ohthere coasted along the west shore of Norway 

 towards the north and east, and discovered the en- 

 trance of the White Sea. 

 Abt 970, Ic. Greenland discovered by one Gunbiorn. 



982, N. This country was visited by Eric Rauda, who win- 

 tered there, and spent part of three years in explo- 

 ring it. He named it Greenland. 

 Abt 986, Ic. A colonizing voyage undertaken by Eric Rauda to 

 Greenland, with a fleet of 25 vessels, not above one- 

 half of which reached their destination. 

 1001, Ic. BioRN, while on a voyage to Greenland, in search 

 of his father, was driven out of his course by a storm, 

 and accidentally discovered Winland. 

 Abt 1003, /c. Lief, the son of Eric Rauda, with Biom as pilot, 

 re-visited Winland, and wintered in the country in 

 about the latitude of 50° N. 

 1006, Ic. Thorwald, the brother of Lief, pursued discoveries in 

 or Winland, and in the adjacent country, during three 



1008, years, and then was killed by a party of the natives. 



Abt 1010, Ic. A voyage to Winland was undertaken by one 

 Thorstcin ; but being driven upon the coast of Green- 

 land, himself and many of his retinue died. 

 1170, W. Some part of America or the West Indies said to be 

 discovered by Madoc, son of Owen Guyneth, Prince 

 of North Wales. 

 Abt 1384, V. Nicholas Zeno, in a voyage from Shetland or Fe- 

 roe, visited the coast of Greenland. 

 1384, Ve. Antonio Zeno visited Iceland and Greenland, and, 

 to 1394, as some suppose, Winland also. 



1463, P. John Vaz Costa Cortereal, on a voyage towards the 

 or N. W., is said to have discovered the Terra de Bac- 



1464, calhaos, afterwards named Newfoundland. 



1492, Sj). Columbus, in a voyage undertaken for the discovery 

 of a western passage to India, discovered the West 

 Indies. 



1494 ? En. John Cabot and Sebastian his son, are said to have 

 discovered Newfoundland, and called it Prima Vista ? 



1497, En. America discovered by Sebastian Cabot, when on a 

 voyage in search of a N. W. passage to India, and 

 the coast examined from latitude Glh ? to 38°. 



