Norse America
Download or Read eBook Norse America PDF 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.
Author | : Gordon Campbell |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 268 |
Release | : 2021 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780198861553 |
ISBN-13 | : 0198861559 |
Rating | : 4/5 (53 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Norse America by : Gordon Campbell
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