- Paperback: 208 pages
- Publisher: Birlinn Ltd (30 Aug 2009)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 184158701X
- ISBN-13: 978-1841587011
- Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 15.5 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 930,094 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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When Columbus claimed to have discovered America in 1492, and the Borgia Pope claimed it as a New World for Catholic Spain, the Vatican started a 500 hundred year conspiracy to conceal the true story of Viking America. In this groundbreaking new work by the author of 'The Early English Settlement of Orkney and Shetland', the true extent of the Viking discovery and colonisation of the eastern seaboard of America is fully examined, taking into account the new archaeological, linguistic and DNA evidence which supplements the historic account. For four centuries or more, from their first visits around ad 1000 to the eve of the Columbus voyages, the Vikings explored and settled thousands of miles of the coasts and rivers of North America. From New York's Long Island to the Canadian High Arctic the New World was a playground for Viking adventurers, and the name the Vikings gave to this New World was America.
About the Author
Dr Graeme Davis is a specialist in the mediaeval world, its language, literature and culture. Recent books include studies of the language and literature of Anglo-Saxon, Old High German and Old Icelandic cultures. He is a lecturer in the History of the English Language with the Open University, previously a British Academy funded researcher at the University of Iceland, and an enthusiast for the North Atlantic region, where he has travelled extensively.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
If, like me, you remember being told about Leif Eriksson at primary school but have since forgotten the story, then this book will help get you back on track. It escapes me now why it happened, but it was the end of what seemed like a marathon Latin lesson where our teacher had been trying to explain the subjunctive to us 9-year-olds - it was when he mumbled something about the Greek aorist that we were really lost. Anyway, he decided to tell us a story. And so weird Scandinavians entered my world-view.
Dr Davis' book puts forward a coherent argument for the Viking exploration of North America - but this is not what is new and interesting. Rather, what is interesting is that he shows that far from being medieval tourists on booze-cruises out for a bit of rape and pillage across the ocean, they were indeed settlers. Villages were established along the eastern seaboard and up into the High Arctic.
The book discusses the evidence from archaeology, literature, and linguistics to show the durability of the Viking, and hence European, presence in the Americas many hundreds of years prior to Columbus. In a balanced approach, Dr Davis discusses the merits of the Vinland Map, Kensington Runestone, and the Newport Tower and other Vikings finds.
This book is well worth reading if you are looking for an accessible introduction to the topic. You definitely do not need to be a specialist.
Dr Davis' book puts forward a coherent argument for the Viking exploration of North America - but this is not what is new and interesting. Rather, what is interesting is that he shows that far from being medieval tourists on booze-cruises out for a bit of rape and pillage across the ocean, they were indeed settlers. Villages were established along the eastern seaboard and up into the High Arctic.
The book discusses the evidence from archaeology, literature, and linguistics to show the durability of the Viking, and hence European, presence in the Americas many hundreds of years prior to Columbus. In a balanced approach, Dr Davis discusses the merits of the Vinland Map, Kensington Runestone, and the Newport Tower and other Vikings finds.
This book is well worth reading if you are looking for an accessible introduction to the topic. You definitely do not need to be a specialist.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A very well written, exhaustive, inspiring, readable, and yes; fascinating book exploring all aspects of the Vikings' expansion westward. He looks into areas I certainly hadn't considered and he makes me want to find out more about the Vikings' often neglected, certainly under-appreciated, yet incredible achievements in the New World. Enthralling and (again) inspiring. Read it even if you only have a passing interest in Vikings - you'll have more than that when you're finished - I guarantee it.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Having recently read a few more general books on the vikings I became interested in the more specific issue of their settlements in North America. I found this book to be an excellent narrative on the subject, following a logical and well-reasoned path describing the various stages by which the Vikings undoubtedly reached North America. It deals objectively with the evidence, not attempting to present as "fact" that which is still speculation. Highly recommended
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