Norumbega Viking City of America?
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Horsford, Eben Norton. The Discovery of the Ancient City of Norumbega A Communication To The President and Council of the American Geographical Society At Their Special Session In Watertown. Cambridge: Houghton Mifflin, 1890. First Edition, Thus. Presentation copy, inscribed to French historian Eugene Beauvois. Includes original fold-out map of “Vinland of the Northmen” outlining the geography of the legendary Norumbega, a Viking city in ancient America.
An unusual, scarce work of independent and incorrect history, purporting to prove the existence of Viking settlements in North America.
Written by American researcher Eben Norton Horsford who believed he had discovered the lost city of “Norumbega” in Watertown, Mass. and had a tower erected there to mark the spot which still stands to this day.
Wider release of an earlier, unsold, private printing of 250 copies in 1889. Inscribed in pen by Horsford to Eugene Beauvois, French historian and author of his own 1880 work on Norumbega, dated December 31, 1889.
55pp, Folio, green leather wood-backed boards. Corners and spine bumped, rubbing to boards, wear to bottom spine. Deckled edges aged. Occasional foxing. Very good condition.
If you enjoyed this book on Norumbega, the legendary lost Viking settlement, you might also enjoy Atlantis in America.
