The Vinland Map and the Tartar Relation
by Skelton, R. A
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good in Good+ dust jacket
- Seller
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Traverse City, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
New Haven: Yale Universtiy Press. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1965. Hardcover. Contains the text of 1440 manuscript of the "Tartar Relation" describing a mission to the courts of Batu Khan and Güyük Khan in 1245 dispatched by Pope Innocent IV. Also included is a discussion of the map bound in the with the Tartar Relation supposedly depicting a journey to America in 1100, but now known to be a 20th century forgery. Contains illustrations, photos, and maps (some folding). A nice clean, tight and unmarked book with no interior or exterior markings. Dust jacket in decent condition with with some shelf wear and a chip to bottom at spine and a trace of sticker residue on top corner of front panel.. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 291 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peninsula Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17129
- Title
- The Vinland Map and the Tartar Relation
- Author
- Skelton, R. A
- Illustrator
- Maps
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Good+ dust jacket
- Publisher
- Yale Universtiy Press
- Place of Publication
- New Haven
- Date Published
- 1965
- Keywords
- Vikings, North America, Exploration, Maps, Books About Books
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About the Seller
Peninsula Books
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Traverse City, Michigan
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- Spine
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- Tight
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- Jacket
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- Shelf Wear
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