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Ohthere's Voyages - A late 9th Century Account of Voyages along the Coasts of Norway and Denmark and its Cultural Context (Hardcover)
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Ohthere's Voyages - A late 9th Century Account of Voyages along the Coasts of Norway and Denmark and its Cultural Context (Hardcover)
Series: Maritime Culture of the North, 1
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At some time in the late 9th century, a Norwegian seafarer by the
name of Ohthere [Oht-her-e] told the West Saxon king Alfred of his
voyages along the coasts of Norway and Denmark. Ohthere's report
made such an impression at the court of King Alfred that it was
recorded and subsequently inserted into the Old English version of
the late Roman world history by Orosius, accompanied by Wulfstan's
account of a voyage across the Baltic Sea. Ohthere's account is the
earliest known description of the North by a Scandinavian and gives
a fascinating and highly trustworthy glimpse of the early Viking
Age. Since the 16th century, Ohthere's voyages have been debated by
an ever growing number of scholars, such as linguists, historians
and archaeologists. In this book, a panel of experts presents the
original source in its geographical, cultural, nautical and
economic context.
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