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The conquest of the North Atlantic / G.J. Marcus

Catalog Data

Author:
Marcus, Geoffrey Jules 1906-  Search this
Physical description:
xiv, 224 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
North Atlantic Ocean
North Atlantic Region
Date:
1981
1981, ©1980
Notes:
NMAI copy 39088019919638 from the library of H. Paul and Jane R. Friesema.
Contents:
The Irish pioneers. Curachmen of the West ; Antiquity of the skin-covered craft ; The curach era ; Early ventures in the Atlantic ; The first discovery of Iceland -- The ocean traffic of the North. The genesis of Norse expansion ; The emigration to the Faeroe Islands ; The settlement of Iceland ; The explorations of Eirík Raudi ; The voyage of Bjarni Herjólfsson ; The settlement of Greenland ; The Vinland voyages ; The Norse traffic to Iceland ; The Greenland trade-route ; Seamanship and navigation ; The eclipse of Norwegian shipping -- The ocean voyages of the English and Hanse. The first English voyages to Iceland ; The English trade with Iceland ; The Iceland fishery ; The English rivalry with the Hanse ; The last ventures to Greenland ; The English voyages of discovery
Topic:
Geography, Medieval  Search this
Explorers  Search this
Discovery and exploration  Search this
Call number:
G89 .M3 1980bX
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_515898