America Not Discovered by Columbus. A Historical Sketch of the Discovery of America by the Norsemen, in the Tenth Century. with an Appendix on the Historical, Linguistic, Literary and Scientific Value of the Scandinavian Languages. Elucidated by Quotations from Eminent American, English, German and French Scholars. Notices of These Languages by H.W. Longfellow, George P. Marsh, Samuel Laing, Robert Buchanan, Schlegel, Mallet, and Others.
Chicago: S.C. Griggs and Company, 1874. First Edition. Hard Cover.
U.S. Secretary of State Robert Lansing's copy, with his bookplate on front endpaper, and his ink name and date on flyleaf. (these were purchased from a family library in Henderson Harbor, NY, near his birthplace in Watertown, which included many.....