Early Norse Visits to North America
Early Norse Visits to North America

Author: William H. Babcock

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-02-28

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 9780666621511

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Excerpt from Early Norse Visits to North America: With Ten Plates What fact, if any, is behind this delightful old pagan allegory? Of course it may possibly embody a memory of summer isles of Eden really visited; or it may be no more than the play of sea - side fancy among sunset clouds, or an echo of wonder-tales older than the Odyssey. The legend, as a whole and in detail, has been exhaustively considered in a valuable work by Mr. Nutt,1 but we can get no nearer than this to the origin of its germ. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Early Norse Visits to North America
Early Norse Visits to North America

Author: William Henry Babcock

Publisher: Legare Street Press

Published: 2023-07-18

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781022799394

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Written in the early 20th century, Babcock's study of the Norse colonization of North America is a fascinating and detailed exploration of a little-known chapter in world history. Drawing on the latest research and his own extensive field experience, Babcock paints a vivid picture of the people and cultures that shaped this fascinating period in our past. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Early Norse Visits to North America
Early Norse Visits to North America

Author: William Henry Babcock

Publisher:

Published: 2013-10

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 9781295066193

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ Early Norse Visits To North America: With Ten Plates, Volume 59; Volume 59, Issue 19 Of Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections William Henry Babcock Smithsonian Institution, 1913 History; North America; America; History / Expeditions & Discoveries; History / North America

Norse America
Norse America

Author: Gordon Campbell

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2021

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 0198861559

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The story of the Vikings in North America as both fact and fiction, from the westward expansion of the Norse across the North Atlantic in the tenth and eleventh centuries to the myths and fabrications about their presence there that have developed in recent centuries. Tracking the saga of the Norse across the North Atlantic to America, Norse America sets the record straight about the idea that the Vikings 'discovered' America. The journey described is a continuum, with evidence-based history and archaeology at one end, and fake history and outright fraud at the other. In between there lies a huge expanse of uncertainty: sagas that may contain shards of truth, characters that may be partly historical, real archaeology that may be interpreted through the fictions of saga, and fragmentary evidence open to responsible and irresponsible interpretation. Norse America is a book that tells two stories. The first is the westward expansion of the Norse across the North Atlantic in the tenth and eleventh centuries, ending (but not culminating) in a fleeting and ill-documented presence on the shores of the North American mainland. The second is the appropriation and enhancement of the westward narrative by Canadians and Americans who want America to have had white North European origins, who therefore want the Vikings to have 'discovered' America, and who in the advancement of that thesis have been willing to twist and manufacture evidence in support of claims grounded in an ideology of racial superiority.