Norse America

Norse America
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 268
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ISBN-10 : 9780198861553
ISBN-13 : 0198861559
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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


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