THE VOYAGES OF THE VENETIAN BROTHERS, NICOLO & ANTONIO ZENO, TO THE NORTHERN SEAS, IN THE XIVTH CENTURY. COMPRISING THE LATEST KNOWN ACCOUNTS OF THE LOST COLONY OF GREENLAND; AND OF THE NORTHMEN IN AMERICA BEFORE COLUMBUS...
1873 · London
by Henry, Richard, trans. & e
London, 1873. [6],cii,[4],64pp. plus errata, plate, and folding maps. Original cloth, stamped in blind and gilt, spine gilt. Minor shelf wear. Front hinge cracked; internally clean. About good. A Hakluyt Society publication of the Zeno voyages. The Zeno brothers were Italian aristocrats whose letters and map, which were published after their deaths, describe a voyage through the North Atlantic at the close of the 14th century. The voyage has been controversially regarded as a hoax by some historians and this publication is an attempt to validate the brothers' account. With a facsimile reproduction of the famous map which accompanied the publication of the first edition of the Zeno narrative in 1558. HOWES M231. (Inventory #: WRCAM50920)