The Norse Discovery of America: The Viking Voyages to Vinland and the North Atlantic - Softcover

Reeves, Arthur Middleton; Beamish, North Ludlow; Anderson, Rasmus Bjorn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1617201308 ISBN 13: 9781617201301

Verlag: A & D Publishing, 2010

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In this work is brought together for the first time the interpretation of the best authorities respecting the evidences, historical, archaeologic, inscriptive and deductive, of Norse discovery, occupation, and colonization of America five centuries before the time of Columbus. The subject, though it has engaged in a general way the attention of historians for a long time, has only within recent years been brought into great prominence by a serious study of the Saga writers of Iceland and Scandin

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Rasmus B. Anderson (1846-1936) was a Norwegian-American scholar, author, and diplomat who helped popularize the study of Norse exploration in the United States. Anderson was an early advocate for the recognition of Leif Erikson as one of the first Europeans to reach North America and contributed significantly to the public awareness of Viking history.

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• Verlag: A & D Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1617201308
• ISBN 13: 9781617201301
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 194
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