Norse America
Author | : Gordon Campbell |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 268 |
Release | : 2021 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780198861553 |
ISBN-13 | : 0198861559 |
Rating | : 4/5 (559 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Norse America by : Gordon Campbell
Download or read book Norse America written by Gordon Campbell and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tracking the saga of the Norse across the North Atlantic to America, this book sets the record straight about the idea that the Vikings 'discovered' America. The journey described is a continuum, with evidence-based history and archaeology at one end, and fake history and outright fraud at the other. In between there lies a huge expanse of uncertainty: sagas that may contain shards of truth and characters that may be partly historical