The Vikings have long had a reputation for being fearsome warriors. However, in recent times more has been discovered about how they lived and farmed. This book depicts there lives as settlers and craftsmen and their voyages in sturdy ships. These voyages were a combination of exploration, trading and raiding which took them to Iceland, Greenland and even to America, some 500 years before Columbus. They also travelled to the Mediterranean and down the Russian rivers into the Black Sea. This turbulent period of history is ...
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The Vikings have long had a reputation for being fearsome warriors. However, in recent times more has been discovered about how they lived and farmed. This book depicts there lives as settlers and craftsmen and their voyages in sturdy ships. These voyages were a combination of exploration, trading and raiding which took them to Iceland, Greenland and even to America, some 500 years before Columbus. They also travelled to the Mediterranean and down the Russian rivers into the Black Sea. This turbulent period of history is explained in words and pictures and also by six stand-up scenes to cut out and make.
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