The Vikings in North America: The History and Legacy of the Norse Settlements in Greenland and Vinland

The Vikings in Greenland: The History of the Norse Expeditions and Settlements across Greenland

*Includes pictures *Includes medieval accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includ

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The Vikings in Iceland: The History of the Norse Expeditions and Settlements across Iceland

*Includes pictures *Includes medieval accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includ

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England’s Entry into North America: The History of the First English Expeditions and Settlements in the Western Hemisphere

Nearly 20 years before Jamestown was settled, the English established one of the earliest colonies in North America arou

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The French and Indian War: The History and Legacy of the Conflict Between French and British Colonies in North America

*Includes pictures *Includes contemporary accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *In

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Slavery in the North: The History and Legacy of American Slaves in the North Before the Civil War 1810507894

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Norse Greenland: Viking Peasants in the Arctic 2018003796, 9780815366294, 9781351259606

How could a community of 2000–3000 Viking peasants survive in Arctic Greenland for 430 years (ca. 985–1415), and why did

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The Vanished Settlers of Greenland: In Search of a Legend and Its Legacy 1009359479, 9781009359474

For four hundred years, Norse settlers battled to make southern Greenland a new, sustainable home. They strove against g

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The History of Pennsylvania in North America [1]

An Introduction to This Volume and the Author Robert Proud, Pennsylvania's first historian, brought forth his two-v

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Into the Ocean: Vikings, Irish, and Environmental Change in Iceland and the North 1442646179, 9781442646179

That Gaelic monasticism flourished in the early medieval period is well established. The "Irish School" penetr

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Into the Ocean: Vikings, Irish, and Environmental Change in Iceland and the North 9781442665071

An interdisciplinary analysis of a subject that has intrigued scholars for generations, Into the Ocean will challenge th

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