Chapter 1 No.1

Discoveries in the time of Alfred, King of England, in the Ninth Century of the Christian Era.

Section I.

Discovery of Iceland by the Norwegians, in the Ninth Century

Section II.

Voyages of Ohthere to the White Sea and the Baltic, in the Ninth Century

Section III.

Remarks on the situation of Sciringes-heal and Haethum, by J. R. Forster

Section IV.

Voyage of Wulfstein in the Baltic, as related to King Alfred

Section IV. [1]

[1] By error of the press, Sect, IV. has been numerically repeated.

Voyage of Sighelm to India, in the reign of Alfred, King of

Section V.

Travels of John Erigena to Athens, in the Ninth-Century

Section VI.

Geography of the known World, in the Ninth Century, as described by King Alfred

Section VII.