The Norse Discovery of America
As Detailed in the Icelandic Sagas
It is now a well-established fact that Norse sailors reached the continent of North America hundreds of years before the more famous crossing of the Atlantic Sea by Columbus-but it is less well-known that many of these early voyages were mentioned, often in detail, in the Icelandic Sagas as well.The Sagas-all dating from around 500 years before Columbus-spoke at length of numerous Norse voyages and settlements in North America. This work, written and compiled by experts who translated it directly from the original Icelandic, reveals that Columbus was aware of these Sagas and that this allowed him to even calculate approximately how many days…
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Weitere Autoren: Beamish, North Ludlow / Reeves, Arthur Middleton
- ISBN: 978-1-64764-497-0
- EAN: 9781647644970
- Produktnummer: 38870079
- Verlag: Scrawny Goat Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
- Seitenangabe: 292 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D1.5 cm 427 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 427
Über den Autor
Arthur Middleton Reeves (1856-1891) graduated from Cornell University with a specialization in philology and Scandinavian languages in particular. He produced several works on the topic of Norse history, most notably The Finding of Wineland the Good.
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