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Author Samuel, Joseph Bunford, 1854-1929.

Title The Icelander Thorfinn Karlsefni who visited the Western hemisphere in 1007 / J. Bunford Samuel.

Publication Info. Philadelphia : Printed for private distribution by J. Bunford Samuel, 1922.

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  E105 .S19    Available  ---
Description 52 pages, 10 unnumbered leaves of plates ; 27 cm
Scandinavian languages
Note Commemorates erection and dedication of Einar Jónsson's statue of Þorfinnr karlsefni in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia in 1920.
Includes correspondence with the sculptor, incl. an autobiographical sketch by the latter, and various materials on the Norse discovery of America.
Subject Þorfinnr karlsefni, active approximately 1010.
America -- Discovery and exploration -- Norse.
America.
Discoveries in geography.
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Added Author Einar Jónsson, 1874-1954.