PART I. TRANSLATION

Chronological Summary 18

Genealogical Table 20

1. Eric the Red and the colonization of Greenland 21

* 2. The adventure of Bjarni Herjulfson 25

3. Of Thorbjörn Vifilson 28

4. Gudrid comes to Greenland 30

5. Gudrid and the Sibyl 33

6. Leif goes to Norway 37

* 7. Leif discovers Wineland 40

* 8. Thorvald’s Voyage and Death 45

9. Thorstein’s Unsuccessful Venture 49

* 10. The Expedition of Thorfin Karlsefni 52

11. Freydis 67

Appendix of Alternative Versions and Supplementary Passages 73

* Sections in Part I marked thus are those dealing with the discovery and exploration of America.