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Vikings - The North Atlantic Saga

By: Smithsonian

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Historical Books (Smithsonian)


Product Info

Title
Vikings - The North Atlantic Saga
Publisher
Category
Author
William W. Fitzhugh, Elisabeth I. Ward
Publish Year
2000
Pages
432
Dimensions
8.5x11x1"
NKG Part #
2148188644
Type
Softcover

Description

Replete with color photographs, drawings, and maps of Viking sites, artifacts, and landscapes, this book celebrates and explores the Viking saga from the combined perspectives of history, archaeology, oral tradition, literature, and natural science. The book's contributors chart the spread of marauders and traders in Europe as well as the expansion of farmers and explorers throughout the North Atlantic and into the New World. They show that Norse contacts with Native American groups were more extensive than has previously been believed, but that the outnumbered Europeans never established more than temporary settlements in North America.