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Title: The Norse Atlantic Saga, Being the Norse Voyages of Discovery and Settlement to Iceland, Greenland [and] America
Description: London, Oxford University Press, 1964. orig.cloth. 23x15cm, xiii,246,(21)p. 21pp photoplates.. Minor rubbing. VG. In a heavily rubbed dustwrapper. dustwrapper ¶ Contents: Iceland: Before the Norsemen; The Norse discovery and first settlement; The stripling republic; Life and literature; The republic ends;Greenland: Discovery and settlement; Decline and fall; Vinland the Good: Venture and withdrawal; The sources: The book of the Icelanders; The book of Settlements; The Greenlanders' Saga; Karlsefni's Voyage to Vinland ( Part of the"Hauksbók" version); the Story of Einar Sokkason; Appendixes: " Njála": greatest of sagas; The only king who rests in Iceland; Ungortok the chief of Kakortok; Straumejord in Vinland; Texts and editions; Bibliographical note; Index.

Keywords: Discovery and Exploration, Norse Iceland, Greenland, America Atlantic, Icelandic Saga, Scandinavia, Literature, Literary History, Medieval Sagas

Price: US$ 50.00 Seller: Expatriate Bookshop of Denmark
- Book number: BOOKS014788I