Excavations at L'Anse aux Meadows in northern Newfoundland have revealed the presence of the Vikings around AD 1000. But was this the mysterious Vinland (land of grapevines) which, according to the Icelandic sagas, Leif Eriksson discovered almost one thousand years ago? In his account Wahlgren argues for a location farther south and also suggests Viking exploration far to the North. He also answers the question: Why did the Vikings eventually leave the New World? with his theory that a worsening climate and attacks by ...
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Excavations at L'Anse aux Meadows in northern Newfoundland have revealed the presence of the Vikings around AD 1000. But was this the mysterious Vinland (land of grapevines) which, according to the Icelandic sagas, Leif Eriksson discovered almost one thousand years ago? In his account Wahlgren argues for a location farther south and also suggests Viking exploration far to the North. He also answers the question: Why did the Vikings eventually leave the New World? with his theory that a worsening climate and attacks by native Eskimos and Indians put paid to the first European presence in North America.
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VG+ in VG+ jacket. Not ex-lib. Hardcover with reddish-brown paper over boards, in glossy jacket with Hans Grude artwork spanning spine and front, large 8vo. 192pp. Index, bibliography, endnotes. 103 figures throughout. VG+/VG+. Book has mild rubbing with touches of surface loss along lower edges; prev. owner's bookplate mid front pastedwon. Jacket has light clouding and rubbing to plain black rear panel, touches of loss along rear hinge ridge. Book and jacket are otherwise as new: bright, tight, sharp and unmarked. Jacket illustration especially handsome. Jacket in Brodart.
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