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strange aspect, the voyagers had ascribed
supernatural qualities to them, just as the Norsemen in
Norway had from time immemorial ascribed such
qualities to the Lapps, though they had been
neighbors for centuries.
In the concluding lecture Dr. Nansen emphasized
the statement that the object of his investigation
was not to deny the discovery of America by the
Norsemen. He thought it highly probable that
they had made the discovery,—especially that
Thor-finn Karlsefne had made a voyage to the west, and
had returned. Professor Nielson on this occasion
contended that the name Yinland Good, which
seems so important in Nansen’s eyes, has not been
shown to have been used until three hundred years
&fter the discovery. The appellation “the good”
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