'ahd^WfcfjPM*vMtagipiis irfehf ®lierid$
td the lofs of the Norwegians. This country, by me-right
of prior jpoffefBoniyteight' ha^e,'lek- Rill
Mkmged tothelatter,' i f |Jieir Uneeftors- haddxCr cifed m©r#leii;ity .
to-w&rds the nativ^ arid i t is-'iidt hhpfbbKbte' -mat i foMetef thd
defendants of '&eJ'N^w^iMiPcdi4iiy,iiaf8 -to -b^fburfdsfhef© at
this day ; k |
.- Upon inquiry, it feems.plain' to -ffie (the’ it -might appear
improbable a t s;&K v^g^i€ha^&®^^w*^aiis had failed t o rAme-r
oca*, many; ceiitufies-cbefere^theiSparfi'alxlsj and • tha£>this- voyage
was: performed- by: thofe' N©rwe|pahs:who Were fewlfd? fin!; Ierfbhd
thofe that have been Aa*^.’eiBiqQii3Hg-iwwed^]^^
ner ofpmpfingjsffiatp&ftl ctf^thei W(M-M, ^by<; th@i defogndasts' of
Moah^y:tp/lhew 'how pra(hicabteit"was fof thefe''n(?)Wtetffi nations;
This tnsjy account, of ttef^rwegiaias
isMng'tO- t jie ^ i^W eR f r om 0 ^ p lM (L to ;!vilflat$d§t^hi8:Sfc#uM
haye^Lie^ Aci-ocfe^than Amtejicak- A dballiiieffe>Jd^it8#£w©i^
Amgrim. Jo-©£ tha|: ingenious i Ieeiatiatt^Altfn^fflitK'« dfinfeis^h’iftefjyr b f
of it. Gf^ttoiand/^dktpi-ax and x. from page 43 to 52, “ Herjolf an
Icelander, and his fon-Biorn, hifed-anmaily torffiaveTfto®hpfa®e
tej pfeeej J®kdfeg: with t^aSaS Ui§f&p R® w^iite
Herjolf - was jpbee in NorwayJ' he-5 ’fefiaaSfrq#fthemfe
live in Greenland^ which he ■ and
fettled, at Herjolfcjes,-:
When Bif;©n' returned'- tdgMotway, •andchfeard- ^hat slife^thef,wa§
gdne jtb.Gteenlafid) ^-he. would ^Stdb-'mnCh;]as^'ca@: arjchor: thejey
but fatherehofe i# 'g o in queft "of Tiisi fa&er< inf ¥hei fhangte arid
remote- parts o f Greenland.’ : Though he TadnpbodyfeiS board
that" knew; any hhing :» f the courfe they wereKtoqifteerj nor had
- ever been that Voyage himfelf, h e f e t fail: without compafsiof.
pilot,-'wMeit .appears pkinlyub y this hiftory. i i •Iriisf'fatt4i'itJ>aRhe
judged o f the points o f the eompafs by th e courfe of-the fun, and
* Thd'pbffibil'ity ef- tte'i-aTipirtetJ'point iriighir'be proved, % rfLlpppGngtthat thfe-
American continent was anciently joined to Europe and Africa-, for Plato relates
in~ j}& Tim®as,;:tHat;die-.E^ptian.-priefts to}$;So'Io,n, the Athenian .Jawgijyefi,'. who>
liyed about 6qs£ years, fetfore G ljr ifc tfe t jfl old jtime,;beyond, the i . , I C^T
feralter„ there was a very extenfiye country called Atlantis;, larger. than all Europe-.
• gnd A&ip^i wfeieh wasfyallowed up by a gre4)t earthquakes and only left its natpe
to the Atlantic ocean.. * ■ — j£* . i n s : u .' uV; v
i by
% what’ he had hëam^f'‘Thé; cdunttyf* he giiéffêd at what pdirtt
it lk^d^ib bald aitd M^eStröilfÉ’ were ihé^'ahlfehtsfvThé' fifiÉ threè
dkys'fïe Wak a f iËf'^hê ReerS^dhis couffi^WèftWatd, theft1' the
wirtd*ïchbpt‘ abdlifTb the north, ffineï dkjöièy' did ,not know their
'&hrfe] the^'iyi5|idfiVieö tditn&'fqnthh/ffid^:’1 Wheh fhe riorth-wiiid
had doilë blowing,t*%frid they1 Had' Mfed'aKodt ¥wmt!y-fbuf hbÜfsV
they faW lahd'h’t 'a ’diïlan'cfc. Wheh' they a^pröaChèd(hekfér l;o:>thë
&aft, they foühd it a 'fla tla n d level cbfüïtry^^&ee^tóm^li^ksi
arid' very- woody. T hëy laridfea^ere, ahd^thêrt* put ’ to'^fea’^ iagaihi
and failed frofn^t'h’énce'fd the north-weft, ’ add*;.fefefc^è'^fÈ:ey1 ma!dé
Greenland, ’the^Rifv'" tWa',Mand^",™ kbS 'fhe^'-paffed1’ in /dihir
c®hrfei- -Thé 'foliowing 'funhhhrd in the'year o f ’Ghrift 'f0.02,
Biorn failed ftó ‘ Norway, and infürró'ed^Êrich '■ 'Jarl, ‘ who ihen
reigned tn&e, 'that' he had feBrf t'i^ó ttoknówn iflaftds-in hisy&yagè,
but had not 'danded 'dpm-'thëto. -1 Thik'did'n^*plelaefhe' king,
who 'blamed' Biorh1 'béraüfe Ü e ’fcohla give''hö bé^té^aeJdhht^m
thofe iflands which he had feen. - Üpoft this he farted Rbrii N & -
way to Greenland adeeörid time.
Leif, Tod of'Erich Rode, was refolved to tread xft-fiis fathel^
feps,’:i who firfli difcovered Greeiiland, ahd1 tHérè'fdre did not let
thofe iflands mentioned above, remain long ünkftowiir Hé? a&
cordinglyrdetetthined to fet fail in a‘ ftbut fhip with tMrtyifivd
men, under his father’s' direétïónv who #as thfen aft'old'Maft. Bfit
gs dirich Rode was rkhng jwith his fóti-,',;m fMer to^hibark^ His
horfe fell with him, which he looked upon As ian - ill ■ omëü, r!ahd
therefore turned back and^wént hcfaie f.''-however^jLeif purfued
his voyagè,1 The -firft land that h e difeóVéfèdwas the' ’laft that
Biron had feeh, and the’ neareft to 'Greenland f^Eék^E-é caïïvarff
chor, and went afhore, and foiirid-'hothing but flat 'ïldnés ailii'icd
in the country, but no grafs or herbage; frórfi thfefê' fEóftèsfChë
gave it ihe name of Helleland. He afterwards ' failed ff om,? thédëê
and difqoveted the other iffand that^Birdn had’KefTATHiS‘ was'aft
qven level country, without’ any rocks, and vèry wdpÖy^'thd fadd
on the coafl was remarkably white. Leif gay| this ebufttry thé name
qf hhircklandt dhey failed from thence, and fteqtqd:theiriCAUffe
t®fthe fouthr-weft, with a north-eaft wind, ^ftd'difcÖvëfèd a third1
country, in ■;Vv^leïf: ^ ;J
the others. Near ’the north, part o f this, country, ‘they fputid a
ii|iall‘iflaild, where'fiiey landed f ' ‘from ffien.ee they' failed weft-
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