The Conquest of the North Atlantic
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1980
The Boydell Press (Verlag)
978-0-85115-158-8 (ISBN)
The Boydell Press (Verlag)
978-0-85115-158-8 (ISBN)
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A wide-ranging, thorough and detailed study of the evidence for the colonisation of the Faeroes, Iceland, Greenland and, naturallly, the Norse voyages to America. MARINER'S MIRROR The early voyages of Irish monks and their Vikingsuccessors, showing how they explored the unknown waters of the Atlantic.
The early voyages into the deep waters of the Atlantic rank among the greatest feats of exploration. In tiny, apparently fragile vessels the Irish monks searched for desolate places in the ocean in which to pursue their vocation;their successors, the Vikings, with their superb ship-building skills, created fast, sea-worthy craft which took them far out into the unknown, until they finally reached Greenland and America. G.J. Marcus looks at the history ofthese expeditions not only as a scholar and historian, but also as a practical sailor. Besides the problem of what these early explorers actually achieved, he poses the even more fascinating question of how they did it, without compass, quadrant, or astrolabe. From the opening descriptions of the launching of a curach on the Aran Islands, through the great pages of the Norse Sagas describing the first recorded sighting of America, the author brilliantly conveys the excitement and danger of the conquest of the North Atlantic in a narrative that is based equally on scholarly research and sound seamanship.
G.J. MARCUS's previous books include The Maiden Voyage, on the sinking of the Titanic.Reprint; first published in 1980.
The early voyages into the deep waters of the Atlantic rank among the greatest feats of exploration. In tiny, apparently fragile vessels the Irish monks searched for desolate places in the ocean in which to pursue their vocation;their successors, the Vikings, with their superb ship-building skills, created fast, sea-worthy craft which took them far out into the unknown, until they finally reached Greenland and America. G.J. Marcus looks at the history ofthese expeditions not only as a scholar and historian, but also as a practical sailor. Besides the problem of what these early explorers actually achieved, he poses the even more fascinating question of how they did it, without compass, quadrant, or astrolabe. From the opening descriptions of the launching of a curach on the Aran Islands, through the great pages of the Norse Sagas describing the first recorded sighting of America, the author brilliantly conveys the excitement and danger of the conquest of the North Atlantic in a narrative that is based equally on scholarly research and sound seamanship.
G.J. MARCUS's previous books include The Maiden Voyage, on the sinking of the Titanic.Reprint; first published in 1980.
Part 1 The Irish pioneers: the curach era; early voyages; discovery of Iceland. Part 2 Ocean traffic: Norse expansion; Faeroes, Iceland, Greenland; Eirik Raudi, Bjarni Herjolfsson; Vinland voyages; seamanship and navigation. Part 3 Ocean voyages of the English and Hanse: England, Iceland and the Iceland fishery; English rivalry with the Hanse; last ventures to Greenland; English voyages of discovery.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 26.5.1998 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 9 b/w. 9 line. |
| Verlagsort | Woodbridge |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-85115-158-2 / 0851151582 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-85115-158-8 / 9780851151588 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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