40 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. IO7 



CHRONOLOGY ACCORDING TO THE FLAT ISLAND BOOK 



985 or 986. Biarni's voyage from Iceland to Greenland via America. 



999. Leif in Norway. 



looo-iooi. Biarni in Norway. 



looi. Biarni returns to Greenland and Leif goes to Wineland. 



1001-1002. Leif in Wineland. 



1002. Leif returns to Greenland. 

 1 002- 1 003. Leif in Greenland. 



1003. Thorvald goes to Wineland. 

 1003- 1004. Thorvald in Wineland. 



1004. Thorvald explores coast to westward. 

 1004-1005. Thorvald in Wineland. 



1005. Thorvald explores toward the north and is killed. 

 1005-1006. Thorvald's companions remain in Wineland. 



1006. Thorvald's companions return to Greenland. 



1006. Thorstein's fruitless voyage. 



1006-1007. Thorstein and Gudrid at Lysufirth; Thorstein dies. 



1007. Thorfinn Karlsefni comes to Greenland. 

 1007-1008. Thorfinn Karlsefni at Brattahlid in Greenland. 



1008. Thorfinn Karlsefni reached Wineland. 

 1 008- 1009. Thorfinn Karlsefni in Wineland. 



1009. Thorfinn in Wineland ; war with Skrellings. 

 1009-1010. Thorfinn in Wineland. 



loio. Thorfinn returns to Greenland, 

 loio-ioii. All remain in Greenland. 



loii. Freydis goes to Wineland with Helgi and Finnbogi. 

 1011-1012. In Wineland; Freydis kills Helgi and Finnbogi and companions. 



1012. Freydis returns to Greenland ; Thorfinn goes to Norway. 

 1012-1013. Thorfinn and Gudrid in Norway. 



1013. Thorfinn and Gudriu go to Iceland. 



AN ATTEMPT TO IDENTIFY THE REGIONS VISITED 



When one considers the Hmited data one has to depend upon in 

 attempting to locate the points visited by the heroes of these narra- 

 tives and the plausible variations in interpretation of key portions of 

 the original texts, the multiplicity of theories based upon them is 

 easily explained, and the skepticism of certain writers readily under- 

 stood. Nevertheless, a conservative discussion of probabilities will, I 

 believe, yield some satisfactory results. At any rate I propose to at- 

 tempt it. We shall have to depend almost entirely on the Saga of Eric 

 the Red, and specifically on the story of Thorfinn Karlsefni contained 

 in it, though the Flat Island Book will be found to yield evidence 

 which is not to be ignored. 



First I will introduce a table of items regarding the most important 

 regions to be identified, wherein (S) signifies Saga of Eric the Red, 

 and (F) the Flat Island Book. 



