The Flatey Book and Recently Discovered Vatican Manuscripts Concerning America as Early as the Tenth Century is a historical book that contains two ancient manuscripts. The first manuscript, The Flatey Book, is a collection of Icelandic sagas and legends from the 14th century. The second manuscript, recently discovered in the Vatican Library, contains accounts of voyages to America that date back to the 10th century. The book explores the possibility that Vikings may have reached America centuries before Christopher Columbus. The author of the book is anonymous.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
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