The first document relating to the settlement of Greenland by the
Northmen, is taken from the Saga of Eric the Red, as given in Professor
Rafn's _Antiquitates Americanæ_. Besides the history of Eric and his
sons, that Saga contains notices of other voyages. The following are
simply extracts. The whole Saga does not necessarily apply to the
subject under examination--the Discovery of America. The second extract,
which gives more of the particulars, is from _Grönland's Historiske
Mindesmærker_, vol. II, p. 201. The third is also taken from the same
great historical depository.