LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



FIG. PAGE 



Statue of Thorfinn Karlsef ni Frontispiece 



1 The Horn, Iceland, near where Eric the Red 



had his home facing 2 



2 Nidaros (Trondhjem), whence Leif Ericsson 



set out facing 2 



3 Norse ruins in Greenland facing 6 



4 Ericsfjord in the Eastern Settlement of Green- 



land facing 6 



5 Map showing conj ectural route of Leif Ericsson's 



voyage in the year looo 8 



6 Facsimile from Hauk's Book of the story of 



Leif's finding of Vinland facing lO 



7 Lysufjord in the Western Settlement of Green- 



land facing 10 



8 Map showing conjectural route of Thorfinn 



Karlsefni's voyages, I003-I006(?) ... 17 



9 Coast of Labrador near Cape Mugford . . . facing 18 



10 Coast of Labrador near Cape Mugford . . . facing 18 



1 1 Map showing in greater detail Thorfinn Karls- 



ef ni's conjectural route in the Gulf of St. 



Lawrence 20 



12 Western coast of Newfoundland facing 22 



13 Northeastern coast of Newfoundland . . . . facing 22 



14 Cape Gaspe: the extreme point of the cape . . facing 24 



15 Cape Gaspe: a secondary headland facing 24 



16 Head of Chaleur Bay facing 28 



17 Bird ledges, Gaspe Peninsula facing 28 



18 Perce Rock, Gaspe Peninsula facing 30 



19 Facsimile from Hauk's Book of the description 



of Hop facing 34 



20 Bluffs at Highland Light, Cape Cod .... facing 44 



21 Wild rice {Zizania aquatica) facing 44 



22 Viking battle-ax dating from the year 1000 . facing 66 



23 Viking swords of the same period facing 66 



