| Title | Volume entitled "Ancient History of Orkney, Caithness, and the North by Thormodus Torfæus, historiographer to the King of Denmark, translated, with copious notes, by the late Rev. Alexander Pope, Minister of Reay", published by Peter Reid of Wick |
| Administrative History | Thormodus Torfæus (Thormodr Torfason, Thormod Torfæus, or Þormóður Torfason) (1636-1719) was an Icelandic historian, born May 27, 1636, at Engey, Iceland, and educated at the University of Copenhagen. He lived and worked for most of his life in Kopervik, Karmøy, Norway. In 1667 he was appointed royal antiquary of Iceland, and in 1682 King Christian V of Denmark appointed him Royal Historian of the Kingdom of Denmark-Norway.
His published works:
Commentatio historica de rebus gestis Færeyansium seu Færøensium, Copenhagen 1695
Orcades seu rerum Orcadensium historiae, Copenhagen 1697 (English trans. 1866)
Series dynastarum et regum Daniæ, Copenhagen 1702
Historia Vinlandiæ antiquæ, Copenhagen 1705 (English trans. 1891, Norwegian 2004)
Historia Hrolfi Kraki, Copenhagen 1705
Gronlandia antiquæ, Copenhagen 1706 (new edi. w/notes 1947)
Trifolium historicum, Copenhagen 1707
Historia rerum Norvegicarum, 4 b., Copenhagen 1711
Torfæana (brevveksling), Copenhagen 1777
Arne Magnusson - Brevveksling med Torfæus, rel. by K. Kålund, Copenhagen 1916 |