xxv) Eyrbyggja Saga 203 The abbot Nikulas, etc. 204 Ari Fródhi and his works 204 His significant allusion to Vinland 205 Other references 206 Differences between Hauks-bók and Flateyar-bók versions 207 Adam of Bremen 208 Importance of his testimony 209 His misconception of the situation of Vinland 210 Summary of the argument 211-213 Absurd speculations of zealous antiquarians 213-215 The Dighton inscription was made by Algonquins, and has nothing to do with the Northmen 213, 214 Governor Arnold's stone windmill 215 There is no reason for supposing that the Northmen founded a colony in Vinland 216 No archæological remains of them have been found south of Davis strait 217 If the Northmen had founded a successful colony, they would have introduced domestic cattle into the North American fauna 218 And such animals could not have vanished and left no trace of their existence 219, 220 Further fortunes of the Greenland colony 221 Bishop Eric's voyage in search of Vinland, 1121 222 The ship from Markland, 1347 223 The Greenland colony attacked by Eskimos, 1349 224 Queen Margaret's monopoly, and its baneful effects 225 Story of the Venetian brothers, Nicolò and Antonio Zeno 226 Nicolò Zeno wrecked upon one of the Færoe islands 227 He enters the service of Henry Sinclair, Earl of the Orkneys and Caithness 228 Nicolò's voyage to Greenland, cir. 1394 229 Voyage of Earl Sinclair and Antonio Zeno 229, 230 Publication of the remains of the documents by the younger Nicolò Zeno, 1558 231 The Zeno map 232, 233 Queer transformations of names 234-236 (p. xxvi) The name Færoislander became Frislanda 236 The narrative nowhere makes a claim to the "discovery of America" 237 The "Zichmni" of the narrative means Henry Sinclair 238 Bardsen's "Description of Greenland" 239 The monastery of St. Olaus and its hot spring 240 Volcanoes of the north Atlantic ridge 241 Fate of Gunnbjörn's Skerries, 1456 242 Volcanic phenomena in Greenland 242, 243 Estotiland 244 Drogio 245 Inhabitants of Drogio and the countries beyond 246 The Fisherman's return to Frislanda 247 Was the account of Drogio woven into the narrative by the younger Nicolò? 248 Or does it represent actual experiences in North America? 249 The case of David Ingram, 1568 250 The case of Cabeza de Vaca, 1528-36 251 There may have been unrecorded instances of visits to North America 252 The pre-Columbian voyages made no real contributions to geographical knowledge 253 And were in no true sense a discovery of America 254 Real contact between the eastern and western hemisphere was first established by Columbus 255 CHAPTER III. EUROPE AND CATHAY.