The Vinland Sagas
Author(s): Leifur Eiricksson
"The Saga of the Greenlanders" and "Eirik the Red's Saga" contain the first ever descriptions of North America, a bountiful land of grapes and vines, discovered by Vikings five centuries before Christopher Columbus. Written down in the early thirteenth century, they recount the Icelandic settlement of Greenland by Eirik the Red, the chance discovery by seafaring adventurers of a mysterious new land, and Eirik's son Leif the Lucky's perilous voyages to explore it. Wrecked by storms, stricken by disease and plagued by navigational mishaps, some survived the North Atlantic to pass down this compelling tale of the first Europeans to talk with, trade with, and war with the Native Americans.
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General Fields
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- : Penguin Books, Limited
- : Penguin Books, Limited
- : 0.114
- : 01 March 2008
- : 198mm X 129mm X 8mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : Leifur Eiricksson
- : Paperback
- : 807
- : English
- : 970.013
- : 144
- : illustrations