| Summary: | v. 1. History of the discovery of Maine / by J. G. Kohl -- Includes references to Newfoundland throughout text v. 1. Introduction -- Physical features of the Gulf and Coast of Maine -- Introductory Remarks -- General Configuration of the continent of North America -- The four great gulfs of the East Coast of North America -- Name of the Gulf between Cape Cod and Nova Scotia -- Size and General configuration of the Gulf of Maine -- Soundings -- The Fishing Banks and Shoals -- Currents -- Tides -- Climate, Tempratures, Winds, Fogs -- Deviation of the Magnetic Needle -- Capes, Headlands, Peninsulas, Indentations -- Cape Cod -- Cape Ann -- Cape Elizabeth -- Cape Sable -- Islands -- Harbors, Bays, and Inlets -- Rivers -- Discoveries of the Northmen in North-eastern America during the Middle Ages -- Introductory Remarks -- Discovery of Iceland and Greenland -- First Discovery of New England by Biarne -- Voyages of Leif, Erik's Son, and first settlement in "Vinland" (New England) -- Voyages and Discoveries of Thorwald, Erik's Son in "Vinland" -- Unsuccessful attempt of Thorstein, Erik's Son, to reach "Vinland" again -- Voyages of Thorfinn Karlsefne to "Vinland", and a New Settlement effected there by him -- Expeditions from Greenland and Iceland to "Vinland", subsequent to those of Thorfinn Karsefne -- New England considered by the Northmen to be a part of Europe -- Reminiscences and traces of the Northmen among the Indians of New England -- Voyages of the Venetians, Zeni, in the northern parts of the Atlantic Ocean at the end of the Fourteenth Century -- The Sea-chart of the Zeni -- Map, No.2, of the North-Atlantic Ocean, drawn by the Icelanders Sigurdus Stephanius, in 1570 -- Map, No.3, of the North-Atlantic Ocean, drawn by the Icelander Gudbrandus Torlacius, in 1606 -- English trading expeditions from Bristol, and other english ports, toward the north-west, principally to Iceland, during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries-John of Kolno-Columbus -- Expeditions of John and Sebastian Cabot to North-eastern ...
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