The far traveler : voyages of a Viking woman / Nancy Marie Brown.
The far traveler : voyages of a Viking woman / Nancy Marie Brown.
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Orlando : Harcourt, c2007.
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N970.01309/1
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English
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306 p. : map ; 24 cm.
Contents
Prologue: Gudrid the far-traveler -- At sea -- Ransacking the past -- A very stirring woman -- The terror from the North -- The land-taking -- Eirik the Red's green land -- Land of wine or walrus -- The house of the sagas -- The farm of merry noise -- From witch to nun.
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Publisher
Orlando : Harcourt, c2007.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
Florida
Date Published
c2007.
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Summary
Five hundred years before Columbus, a Viking woman named Gudrid sailed past the edge of the known world. She landed in the New World and lived there for three years, giving birth to a baby before sailing home. Or so the Icelandic sagas say. Even after archaeologists found a Viking longhouse in Newfoundland, few believed that the details of Gudrid's...
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The far traveler : voyages of a Viking woman / Nancy Marie Brown.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-292) and index.
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c2007.
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N970.01309/1
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74VKz403jNmZ
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKz403jNmZ
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ISBN
015101440X
9780151014408
DDC
970.013092 B
MMS ID
991023582539702626
