Westviking : the ancient Norse in Greenland and North America

by Farley Mowat

Paper Book, 1965

Status

Available

Call number

973.13

Genres

Collection

Rowan

Publication

Little Brown, 1965, 1st Edition, Minerva Press, 1968, 1st paperbound edition

Description

Westviking is Farley Mowat's provocative and compelling reconstruction of the tenth-century Norse voyages, sagas of piracy and exploration that led to the settlement of Greenland and the discovery of America before Columbus.

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LibraryThing member DinadansFriend

A pretty Good survey of the tentative Icelandic exploration of the Gulf of St. Lawrence area. Mowat has a pretty good grasp of the state of knowledge in 1965. His prose is lively.