Approaches to Vinland (Sigurdur Nordal Institute Studies 4)

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Viking-Age Norse people were responsible for the discovery and permanent settlement of the Faroes, Iceland, and Greenland and for the discovery and temporary settlement of North America, at L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland. This present volume offers a wide-ranging collection of new articles on the literary and archaeological sources for these early Norse achievements in the lands of the North Atlantic; it also profiles the current state of research in the subject area. The articles are by accomplished scholars from Britain, Canada, Denmark, Iceland, Ireland and the USA.


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Viking-Age Norse people were responsible for the discovery and permanent settlement of the Faroes, Iceland, and Greenland and for the discovery and temporary settlement of North America, at L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland. This present volume offers a wide-ranging collection of new articles on the literary and archaeological sources for these early Norse achievements in the lands of the North Atlantic; it also profiles the current state of research in the subject area. The articles are by accomplished scholars from Britain, Canada, Denmark, Iceland, Ireland and the USA.


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