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Author: Cheryl L. Defries
Publisher: Enslow Publishing, LLC
Published: 2009-01-01
Total Pages: 120
ISBN-13: 9781598451269
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Examines the life of Viking explorer Leif Eriksson, including his explorations, his discovery of North America, and his legacy in American history"--Provided by publisher.
Author: Captivating History
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2018-06-28
Total Pages: 80
ISBN-13: 9781722056483
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExplore the Captivating Life of Leif Erikson The Vikings were exceptional boat builders, seafarers, adventures, and explorers. They not only raided and attacked settlements across Europe and Britain, but they also sailed far and wide, discovering and colonizing new lands. Their impact on history is far-reaching and the mark that they made on the world, especially during the Viking Age, can still be seen today. In this book, you will learn about the world that shaped Leif Erikson and made him into an adventurous man who was not afraid to sail into the unknown to discover new lands. You will discover how he was able to cross the Atlantic on an open longboat and become the first known European to have set foot on the North American continent, almost half a millennium before Christopher Columbus. Some of the topics covered in this book include: The Making of the Man, Leif Erikson's Formative Years The Settlement of Greenland Life in Greenland Leif's First Voyage Mysterious Lands to the West of Greenland Voyage to Vinland Subsequent Voyages to Vinland Master shipbuilders The discovery of L'Anse aux Meadows The End of the Vinland Settlement Leif Erikson's place in History And much, much more! Scroll to the top and select the "add to cart" button to learn more about Leif Erikson!
Author: Joanne Mattern
Publisher: Enslow Elementary
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780766021464
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWho was a famous Viking explorer? Leif Eriksson was. The son of Viking Erik the Red, Leif sailed to Iceland and Greenland in search of a new place to live. Learn about the Vikings and the exciting places Leif explored. In Leif Eriksson: Viking Explorer, author Joanne Mattern discusses the life and times of the Vikings and how Leif Eriksson became an explorer. Book jacket.
Author: Anita Yasuda
Publisher: Nomad Press
Published: 2015-11-16
Total Pages: 229
ISBN-13: 1619303183
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe stories of Norse myths and legends are a terrific introduction to Viking culture, history, science, and traditions, which thrived in Scandinavia from the eighth to the eleventh centuries. But who were the Norse, who left their homelands in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden to trade, raid, and explore around the world? In Explore Norse Myths! With 25 Great Projects, young readers discover the remarkable people and mythical creatures of old. Learning about Norse myths means unearthing the origin of Viking beliefs, as well as exploring their ships, tools, and other technology that flourished for nearly 450 years. Along the way, kids will read how Norse myths helped explain the natural world from thunder to the seasons, from creation to death. They may be surprised at how Norse myths continue to influence modern culture in the form of movies and books, including the new series by Rick Riordan. Readers will read Norse stories and learn about the adventures of real Norse explorers, including Erik the Red and Leif Erikson. Through a mixture of fun facts, trivia, jokes, comics, and hands-on activities, kids will dig up Scandinavia's past and sail the seas along with the gods and giants in Explore Norse Myths!
Author: Nico Medina
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Published: 2018-06-05
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 0448488612
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHold on to your Viking helmets as you learn about the first known European to set foot on North America in this exciting addition to the Who Was? series! Leif Erikson was born to be an explorer. His father, Erik the Red, had established the first European settlement in present-day Greenland, and although he didn't yet know it, Leif was destined to embark on an adventure of his own. The wise and striking Viking landed in the area known as Vinland almost five centuries before Christopher Columbus even set sail! "Leif the Lucky" and the other fierce, sea-fearing pirates were accomplished navigators who raided foreign lands for resources, hunted for their food, and passed down Old Norse myths from one generation to the next. This book gives readers a detailed account of what life was like during the time of the Vikings.
Author: Nancy Marie Brown
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 324
ISBN-13: 9780156033978
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Brown's enthusiasm is infectious as she re-teaches us our history."--The Boston Globe 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. "Brown rightly leaves scholarly work to scholars. Instead, her account presents an enthusiastic appreciation of her education in how fieldwork and literature offer insights into the past."--The Seattle Times "[Brown has] a lovely ear for storytelling."--Los Angeles Times Book Review NANCY MARIE BROWN is the author of A Good Horse Has No Color and Mendel in the Kitchen. She lives in Vermont with her husband, the writer Charles Fergus.
Author: Helge Ingstad
Publisher: Breakwater Books
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9781550811582
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFaced with harsh conditions in their Greenland home, a group of Vikings took the reins of fate into their own hands. With incredible luck, skill and fortitude, they discovered lands filled with a profusion of wood, wild game and fertile land. In the sagas that grew from this discovery, the lands were given names that resonated with hope and promise. Almost 1000 years later, a husband and wife team united their talents. Intrigued by allusions in the ancient sagas to fabled Vinland, they considered the scholarship on Viking culture and technology; they studied maps and they researched intensively the prominent theories on Vinland's location. And finally their efforts bore fruit when a remote Newfoundland peninsula yielded up a soapstone spindle-whorl, a Viking ring pin, and what had to be the overgrown remnants of over a dozen Viking buildings.
Author: John Bankston
Publisher: Mitchell Lane Publishers, Inc.
Published: 2013-09
Total Pages: 52
ISBN-13: 1612284922
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA viking explorer who led what was probably the first European expedition to North America, Leif Erikson followed in his father's footsteps (Erik the Red) to become the leader of the first settlement in Greenland after his father's death. Born in Iceland, Leif and his family sailed to southern Greenland about 985 where his father founded a settlement near present-day Julianehab. Here, Erikson preached Christianity. His life was recorded in long Icelandic stories called sagas. From these sagas we can learn about the life and explorations of this Norse explorer. You, too, can follow his adventures herein.
Author: Barbara Schiller
Publisher:
Published: 1979
Total Pages: 52
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPresents brief biographies of the Norse explorer who settled Greenland and of his son who explored parts of North America almost 500 years before Columbus made his first voyage.
Author: Janet E. Kay
Publisher: BAR International Series
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781407309224
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExplorer Helge Ingstad set out in the 1960s to search for the much hypothesized and mythical Norse land of Vinland. Vinland, originally discovered by Leif Erikson c. 1000 CE, is described in two sagas written in the thirteenth century: the Saga of the Greenlanders and the Saga of Erik the Red. These sagas mention a land that appeared to be congruent with a description of northern Newfoundland. In his search, Helge Ingstad and his wife, Anne Stine Ingstad, came across a site in L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland, which seemed to fit the description of Vinland. In this study, the published archaeological reports from the Ingstad and Wallace excavations are critically examined, in conjunction with supplementary background and comparative studies, to determine how the settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows functioned, and what its general purpose was. In particular its focus is dietary practices and site activities.
