NA TIONAL GEO GRA PHIC MA GA ZINE 



PRIZES OFFERED BY THE 



NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY 



FOR 



Issays on lorse liscoveries irj Imerica. 



i. A first prize of $150 and a second prize of $75 are offered for the best 

 and second best essays, respectively, relating to pre-Columbian discoveries 

 and settlements of the Norsemen on the mainland of North America and the 

 location of the lands mentioned in the Icelandic Sagas. 



2. Essa}'S submitted in competition for these prizes should be typewritten 

 in the English language, and should not exceed 6,000 words in length ; they 

 may be accompanied by maps and other illustrations used for the explanation 

 of the text, but not for embellishment. 



3. Essays submitted in competition for the prizes should be signed by a 

 pseudonym or number, and should bear no other indication of authorship, 

 but each should be accompanied by a sealed envelope, marked with the same 

 pseudonym or number, containing the name and address of the author. 



4. The competition will close at 6 p. m., December 31, 1899. 



5. The National Geographic Society and the judges on behalf thereof re- 

 serve the right to withhold either prize, or both, in case the essays submitted 

 are not sufficiently meritorious to warrant publication with the approval of 

 the Society ; but in case of withholding one or both of the prizes on this 

 ground, a new competition will be opened. 



6. Immediately after the close of the competition the essays submitted in 

 accordance with the foregoing conditions will be laid before the following 

 board of judges, whose adjudication shall be final: 



W. B. POWELX, 



Superintendent of Public Schools of Washington, D. C. 

 Henry Gannett, 



Chief Geographer of the U. S. Geological Survey, etc. 

 Albert Bushnelx Hart, 



Professor of History in Harvard University. 

 Anita Newcomb McGee, M. D. 



Acting Assistant Surgeon, U. S. A. 



John Bach McMaster, LL. D., 



Professor of History in the University of Pennsylvania. 



Henry S. Pritchett, 



Superintendent of the U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. 



