NORUMVEGE
"Nor" is the name of an ancient king. The story of King Nor is in the "Orkney Saga". King Nor came from east (Russia/Finland) and conquered the land along the Norwegian coast. This land was later known as Norvege, meaning, "Nor's way."
Later on the country was split up into many small states, until Harald Luva collected the states again in c970, and made Norway one state.
"Norumvege" is equivalent to "Norvege". "Um (om)" means ,"of," So the original name may have meant "of Norvege."
Norumvege was a real place for the Jesuits in Arcadia. They mentioned the name many times as a place in the neighborhood and used the location of Norumvege as a basis for directions. The location was across the bay from Port Royal, Nova Scotia.
The center of Norumvege was somewhere between St. John's River and the Kennebec River
The few Norse ships that sailed west after 1263 did not stop at Greenland. Using a latitude device and sun compass for navigation, they sailed on the East Greenland Current westward into the Labrador Current. Then, they coasted south past Newfoundland and Nova Scotia until they could swing north into the ice-free ports of Norumvege.
Returning from Norumvege was relatively easy. Ships caught a wind across the Labrador Current to the Gulf Stream. Then, even if a decent wind never came again, the ships had a free, but maybe slow, ride home.
