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" There were huge snowy mountains up the country; but all the way from the sea up to these snowy ridges the land was one field of snow, and it appeared to them a country of no advantages. Leif said, " It shall not be said of us, as it was of Biarne, that... "
The Heimskringla: Or, The Sagas of the Norse Kings from the Icelandic of ... - Page 233
by Snorri Sturluson, Samuel Laing - 1889
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The Heimskringla: Or, Chronicle of the Kings of Norway, Volume 3

Snorri Sturluson - 1844 - 410 pages
...and now we must not run hastily into this adventure." Eric accordingly returned home to Brattalid; but Leif, with his comrades, in all thirty-five men,...land; for I will give the country a name, and call it Helloland.* Then they went on board again, put to sea, and found another land. They sailed in towards...
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The Pre-Columbian Discovery of America by the Northmen: Illustrated by ...

Benjamin Franklin DeCosta - 1868 - 188 pages
...grass to be seen. There were large snowy mountains 4 up the country; but all the way from the sea np to these snowy ridges, the land was one field of snow,...land; for I will give the country a name, and call it Helluland. 5 Then they went on board again and put to sea, and found another land. They sailed in towards...
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The First English Conquest of Canada: With Some Account of the Earliest ...

Henry Kirke - 1871 - 258 pages
...went on shore. No grass was to be seen, and there were large snowy mountains up the country. And Lief said, " It shall not be said of us, as it was of Biorne, that we did not come upon the land, for I will give the country a name, and call it Helloland,"...
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A History of the Character and Achievements of the So-called Christopher ...

Aaron Goodrich - 1874 - 426 pages
...to revisit the lands seen by Biarne ; he first reached the island which the latter had coasted. He said : " It shall not be said of us, as it was of...; for I will give the country a name, and call it Helluland " (hella, a stone). They went on board again, and put to sea, and reached another land. Sailing...
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American Church Review, Volume 24

1872 - 630 pages
...thirty-five men. Having left Greenland, they sailed south, until they came to a land where there were "large snowy mountains up the country; but all the way from...and it appeared to them a country of no advantages." They called this country " Helluland," which signifies a place abounding in large, flat stones. The...
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Proceedings and Transactions of the Scientific Association, Volumes 4-8

Meriden Scientific Association - 1891 - 346 pages
...cast anchor, put out a boat and went on shore; but there was no grass to be seen. There were large snowy mountains up the country; but all the way from...Leif said: "It shall not be said of us, as it was of Bjarne, that we did not come upon the land; for I will give the country a name, and call it Helluland."||...
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Studies in American History

Mary Sheldon Barnes, Earl Barnes - 1891 - 482 pages
...discovered, sailed up to it, ... and went on shore ; but there was no grass to be seen. There were large snowy mountains up the country ; but all the way from...field of snow, and it appeared to them a country of no RESTORATION OF VIKING SHIP. (From Fragments found in the Burial Mound of a Viking.— NoRDENSKIOLD's...
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The Pacific Coast Teacher, Volumes 1-2

1891 - 642 pages
...discovered, sailed up to it, and went on shore; but there was no grass to be seen. There were large snowy mountains up the country; but all the way from...the sea up to these snowy ridges, the land was one filled of snow, and it appeared to them a country of no advantage. Lief said: "It shall not be said...
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The Pre-Columbian Discovery of America, by the Northmen: With Translations ...

Benjamin Franklin DeCosta - 1901 - 242 pages
...cast anchor, put out a boat and went on shore; but there was no grass to be seen. There were large snowy mountains ' up the country ; but all the way from the sea up to these ridges, the land was one field of snow, and it appeared to them a country of no advantages. Leif said...
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The Pre-Columbian Discovery of America, by the Northmen: With Translations ...

Benjamin Franklin DeCosta - 1901 - 242 pages
...cast anchor, pu( out a boat and went on shore; but there was no grass to be seen. There were large snowy mountains' up the country; but all the way from the sea up to these ridges, the land was one field of snow, and it appeared to them a country of no advantages. Leif said...
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