Vikings: The North Atlantic Saga

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Replete with color photographs drawings and maps of Viking sites artifacts and landscapes this book celebrates and explores the Viking saga from the combined perspectives of history archaeology oral tradition literature and natural science. The books contributors chart the spread of marauders and traders in Europe as well as the expansion of farmers and explorers throughout the North Atlantic and into the New World. They show that Norse contacts with Native American groups were more extensive than has previously been believed but that the outnumbered Europeans never established more than temporary settlements in North America. From the Trade Paperback edition.