Small additions to the Vinland Problem. VT 
Discussion. 
As mentioned before, Steensby came to the result that both Leif's 
Vinland and the country visited by Karlsefni must be placed on the 
south bank of the St. Lawrence River.. I think, however, that this 
solution of the problem is founded on a regretable mistake, as in reality 
he has only dealt with Karlsefni's voyage, and only occasionally men- 
tioned Leif’s voyage. In the following discussion I have endeavoured 
to show that Steensby has most likely solved the question as to where 
Karlsefni has been on his expedition, but on the other hand not where 
Leif's Vinland was. 
KARLSEFNI DID NOT FOLLOW LEIF'S ROUTE. — Steensby 
writes!): “Leif discovered Wineland and the other countries; Karlsefni 
and his men followed the route given by Leif to the countries, and 
refound them all”. 
Steensby declares?) that his investigation relies solely on “Eric the 
Red’s Saga”, but nothing is said in the saga about Leif having found 
“the other countries”, although it is likely enough that he had seen . 
them whilst sailing on his way back to Greenland. Neither is there 
any mention of Karlsefni having “followed the route given by Leif” 
to these countries and “refound them all”. Later Steensby writes?) 
“if there had not been a question of a conspicuous fjord and a fairly 
conspicuous “Нор”, one would not think that both of them could be 
refound comparatively easily by Karlsefnr”, and finally?) “There is no 
absolute geographic likelihood of first Leif and afterwards Karlsefni 
having actually crossed Cabot Strait from Newfoundland”. 
So it is Steensby’s opinion that Karlsefni followed Leif’s route. 
Hovgaard has already pointed out that Karlsefni profited by the know- 
ledge of Thorstein’s unsuccessful voyage (p. 20) — the route of which 
was most likely pointed out by Leif — and therefore went quite another 
way to begin with. Therefore, when Steensby occasionally mentions 
Leif’s voyage, it is likely he was thinking of his voyage from Greenland, 
which is mentioned in Grænlendiga pattr in the Flateyjarbök°), for it 
can hardly have been his idea that ıf Leif, on his way from Norway 
had been driven to the neighbourhood of the Golf of St. Lawrence, he 
would have continued his voyage up the St. Lawrence River to the 
neighbourhood of Quebec; but according to what he has written it 
looks like it, as he places Leif’s Vinland on the south side of the St. 
Lawrence River. Moreover, it appears that Steensby has thought of 
Leif’s voyage in Grænlendinga pattr as he has named his paper “Norse- 
1) op. cit. p. 156. )) dock 10. 155. 5) mod. D 156, 4) ibid. p. 166. 
5) According to the same saga Fossum also placed, as mentioned before, Leif's 
Vinland in the neighbourhood of Quebec. 
