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The Vikings and America
Door Erik Wahlgren
Categorie | Geschiedenis Noord-Amerika |
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Boeknummer | #275188 |
Titel | The Vikings and America |
Auteur | Wahlgren, Erik |
Boektype | Paperback |
Uitgeverij | London, Thames and Hudson |
Jaar van uitgave | 2000 |
ISBN10 | 0500281998 |
ISBN13 | 9780500281994 |
Taal | Nederlands |
Samenvatting | For more than a century laymen and scholars have argued over the question of Vinland, that mysterious land of grapevines' which, according to medieval Icelandic sagas, the Viking Leif Eriksson discovered almost a thousand years ago. Was Vinland real? Do the clues suggesting a North American location point to a specific place? Why did the Vikings eventually leave the New World? Drawing on fifty years of study and a deep knowledge of the historical and archaeological evidence, Professor Wahlgren addresses these questions in a brilliant and marvellously readable account. Excavations at L'Anse aux Meadows in northern Newfoundland show that the Vikings were present around ad 1000. But was this Vinland? Professor Wahlgren argues for a location farther south and also suggests Viking exploration... (Lees verder) far to the north. He also reveals that eventually a worsening climate and attacks by native peoples ended the first European presence in the New World. |
Pagina's | 192 |
Conditie | Goed |
Prijs | € 10,00 |
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