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Viking Longship

By: Osprey

Type: Softcover

Product Line: New Vanguard - Ships - Ancients to Ironclads

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Product Info

Title
Viking Longship
Publisher
Category
Author
Keith Durham
Publish Year
2002
Pages
48
Dimensions
7.25x10x.25"
NKG Part #
2147634601
MFG. Part #
OSPNVG047
Type
Softcover
Series
NVG047

Description

Viking longships evolved from one-man canoes of the Scandinavian Stone Age, through wood-built-ships of c. 200 BC into the recognisable longboats of the 4th century AD. From this point, the Viking Longship developed into the pre-eminent raider and trader in the North Sea and Baltic, venturing as far afield as the Mediterranean, North Atlantic and modern-day Russia. Keith Durham uses reconstructions, original sources, translations and archaeological evidence to render a vivid picture of the vessels that dominated the seaways of Scandinavia, founded colonies on Iceland, Greenland and the New World and terrorised the coastlines of northern Europe. Also covered are Norman vessels, including the invasion fleet of William the Conqueror.