The Vinland sagas : the Icelandic sagas about the first documented voyages across the north Atlantic : the saga of the Greenlanders and Eirik the Red's saga / translated by Keneva Kunz with an introduction and notes by Gísli Sigurđsson.
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TextLanguage: English Original language: Old Norse Series: Penguin classics | World of the sagas (Penguin (Firm))Publication details: London ; New York : Penguin, c2008.Description: xlv, 94 p. : ill., maps ; 20 cmISBN: - 0140447768 (pbk.)
- 9780140447767 (pbk.)
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Dr. James Carlson Library | NonFiction | 970.013 V786 | Available | 33111006565598 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The Saga of the Greenlanders and Eirik the Red's Saga contain the first ever descriptions of North America, a bountiful land of grapes and vines, discovered by Vikings five centuries before Christopher Columbus.
Written down in the early thirteenth century, they recount the Icelandic settlement of Greenland by Eirik the Red, the chance discovery by seafaring adventurers of a mysterious new land, and Eirik's son Leif the Lucky's perilous voyages to explore it. Wrecked by storms, stricken by disease and plagued by navigational mishaps, some survived the North Atlantic to pass down this compelling tale of the first Europeans to talk with, trade with, and war with the Native Americans.
Includes bibliographical references (p. xxxix-xlv) and indexes.
The saga of the Greenlanders -- Eirik the Red's saga.
Recounts the Icelandic settlement of Greenland by Eirik the Red, the chance discovery by seafaring adventurers of a mysterious new land, and Eirik's son Leif the Lucky's perilous voyages to explore it.
Translated from the Old Icelandic.