22 THE VINLAND VOYAGES 



his way back to Greenland from Vinland and that 

 he passed through the Strait of Belle Isle.^^ No doubt 

 some of Leif's men were with Thorfinn and influ- 

 enced his choice of a course. It seems to me likely 

 that Leif in following such a course would have been 

 aware that he had Newfoundland to the starboard 

 on his way north; and in that case those of his men 

 who in all probability were with Thorfinn would 

 have recommended sailing south along the coast of 

 Newfoundland. But I believe it is more probable that 

 Leif had Nova Scotia and Newfoundland to the lar- 

 board on his way back from Vinland; and that may 

 have influenced Thorfinn and his men to sail southwest 

 and west from Labrador (Markland and Wonder- 

 strands) with land to the starboard. In this way Leif's 

 voyage north influenced Thorfinn's voyage south, as 

 Halldor Hermannsson suggests. The course was 

 somewhat similar. Thorfinn and his companions may 

 have considered themselves to be following the same 

 route as was followed by Leif on his voyage home, 

 that is until they came to the estuary of the St. Law- 

 rence; then they found that they had not the open sea 

 to the larboard. 



Then comes the question of the location of Keel- 

 ness, which is difficult to determine from the refer- 



23 Hermannsson, Wineland Voyages, Geogr. Rev., Vol. 17, pp. 108- 

 109. 



