Document Type
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BL
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Record Number
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878542
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Main Entry
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Wahlgren, Erik,1911-1990.
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Title & Author
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The Vikings and America /\ Erik Wahlgren.
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Publication Statement
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New York :: Thames and Hudson,, 1986.
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Series Statement
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Ancient peoples and places ;; v. 102
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Page. NO
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192 pages :: illustrations ;; 25 cm
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ISBN
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0500021090
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: 9780500021095
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Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-187) and index.
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Contents
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The uttermost reach -- An expanding universe -- Ships and helmets, poets and kings -- The stepping stones -- The ultimate step -- Buckram Vikings -- Archaeology ascendant -- Grapes, gold, and whales -- Where was Vinland? -- The end and the beginning.
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Abstract
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In this book, the author draws upon the clues found in ancient manuscripts and a deep knowledge of the historical and archaeological evidence, to answer gnawing questions about Viking exploration of the Americas. Did Vinland, that mysterious "land of grapevines" that the Viking Leif Eriksson discovered and christened almost a thousand years ago, ever exist? Do the clues in the sagas of a North American location point to a specific place on a modern map? How much more of the New World may these pre-Columbian adventurers have explored? The author concludes that excavations at L'Anse aux Meadows in northern Newfoundland show that the Vikings did indeed reach the North American continent around A.D.1000, presumably from their base in Southern Greenland. Other supposed Viking discoveries such as the Kensington Stone are dismissed as frauds, but legitimate finds from Arctic Canada to New England suggest Viking exploration far to the north and the south. Eventually, a worsening climate and attacks by native Eskimos ended the first European presence in the New World.
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Subject
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Vikings-- America.
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Subject
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Northmen Normans (Vikings)-- Later works.
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Subject
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Vikings.
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Subject
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Discovery and exploration, Norse.
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Subject
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Vikings.
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Subject
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Vikings.
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Subject
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America, Discovery and exploration, Norse.
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Subject
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Amérique, Découverte et exploration nordiques.
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Subject
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America.
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Subject
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Amérique, Découverte et exploration.
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Dewey Classification
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970.01/3
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LC Classification
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E105.W125 1986
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NLM classification
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7,22ssgn
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