Vikings: The North Atlantic Saga - Couverture souple

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ISBN 10 : 1560989955 ISBN 13 : 9781560989950

Editeur : Smithsonian Books, 2000

Synopsis

Vikings Replete with color photos, drawings, and maps of Viking sites, artifacts, and landscapes, "Vikings" celebrates and explores the Viking saga from the combined perspectives of history, archaeology, oral tradition, literature, and natural science. 500 photos, 450 in color. 20 line drawings. 20 maps. Full description

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

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 book's 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.

Biographie de l'auteur :

WILLIAM W. FITZHUGH is the director of the Arctic Studies Center and curator in the Department of Anthropology at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History. ELISABETH WARD is a curatorial specialist of the Vikings exhibition at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Smithsonian Books
• Date d'édition: 2000
• ISBN 10: 1560989955
• ISBN 13: 9781560989950
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 432