Far Traveler, The (Paperback, 1-Simul)

Five hundred years before Columbus, a Viking woman named Gudrid sailed off the edge of the known world. She landed in the New World and lived there for three years, giving birth to a baby before sailing home. Or so the Icelandic sagas say. Even after archaeologists found a Viking longhouse in Newfoundland, no one believed that the details of Gudrid's story were true. Then, in 2001, a team of scientists discovered what may have been this pioneering woman's last house, buried under a hay field in Iceland, just where the sagas suggested it could be. Joining scientists experimenting with cutting-edge technology and the latest archaeological techniques, and tracing Gudrid's steps on land and in the sagas, Nancy Marie Brown reconstructs a life that spanned--and expanded--the bounds of the then-known world. She also sheds new light on the society that gave rise to a woman even more extraordinary than legend has painted her and illuminates the reasons for its collapse.

General

Imprint:	Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 2008
First published:	October 2008
Authors:	Nancy Marie Brown
Dimensions:	203 x 135 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	320
Edition:	1-Simul
ISBN-13:	978-0-15-603397-8
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Historical, political & military Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Geographical discovery & exploration Books > Humanities > History > World history > 500 to 1500 Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General Books > History > European history > General Books > History > World history > 500 to 1500 Books > Biography > Historical, political & military
LSN:	0-15-603397-6
Barcode:	9780156033978

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