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DEATHS AND DECISIONSHis army starving for resources, King Canute schemes to confiscate Ketil's farm. Ketil and his sons become fugitives, barely escaping the capital aboard Leif Ericson's ship, but Canute follows in pursuit with his best men. Upon Ketil’s return, he finds his beloved slave Arnheid has helped her former husband, a runaway who has killed many of Ketil’s bodyguards, escape. Beset by betrayal on all sides, there may be no way out for Ketil, but Thorfinn finally has his freedom. Yet, the son of Thors feels bound to Denmark by his unfinished business with Canute...

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Vinland Saga Volume 1- 5 Collection 5 Books Set Titles in the Set Vinland Saga Volume 1, Vinland Saga Volume 2, Vinland Saga Volume 3, Vinland Saga Volume 4, Vinland Saga Volume 5

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A new collection of stories including previously unpublished material from the author of the seminal MARS series. Kim Stanley Robinson is one of science fiction's outstanding stylists and storytellers. His award-winning short fiction shows off his versatility and talent. This new collection brings together fifteen memorable stories, some of them never before published. Peopled by characters that speak to us directly, and illuminated by reflections that are timeless and haunting, the stories explore different pasts and divergent futures. They revolve around questions of history and meaning, and how what we know about the past influences the way we look at the present and the future. The stories so far are: 'Discovering Life', 'Venice Drowned', 'Mercurial' 'Ridge Running', 'The Disguise', 'The Lucky Strike', 'Coming Back to Dixieland', 'Stone Eggs', 'Black Air', '"A History of the Twentieth Century, with Illustrations"', 'Remaking History', 'Vinland the Dream', 'Muir on Shaster', 'A Sensitive Dependence on Initial Conditions'.

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Revised and Updated EditionFleeing the ice clad fjords of his native Greenland just ahead of greedy kinsman who would keep his inheritance from him, Sigtrygg Thorgilsson, half-breed grandson of the storied explorer Leif Eiriksson, seeks his fortune on the shores of North America, last glimpsed by his grandfather some forty years before. Making his way across uncharted waters with a hastily assembled crew of untried men, he quickly learns that the inhabitants of the new land are less than pleased by their presence and that their survival will depend on their ability to carve a place for themselves in the midst of their skeptical hosts. But risking life and limb in a desperate gamble to prove their worth will not be enough as Sigtrygg

London, Jonathan Cape, 1969, 8vo (cm. 23,5 x 16,5) legatura editoriale cartonato telato con fregi e titoli dorati al dorsoe sovraccopertina illustrata a colori, pp. 249 con 44 illustrazioni e tavole fotografiche nel testo (un adesivo all'occhiello e un timbro in fine di disciolta biblioteca) .

Westward to Vinland: The Discovery of Pre-columbian Norse House-sites in North America - First Harper Colophon Edition published in 1972

London, Jonathan Cape, 1969, 8vo (cm. 23,5 x 16,5) legatura editoriale cartonato telato con fregi e titoli dorati al dorsoe sovraccopertina illustrata a colori, pp. 249 con 44 illustrazioni e tavole fotografiche nel testo (un adesivo all'occhiello e un timbro in fine di disciolta biblioteca) .

This is the first English translation of Pedro de Medina's "Libro de cosmographia". It provides a comprehensive picture of the pre-Comlumbian universe as seen by a leading cosmographer of sixteenth century Spain. In addition to Ursula Lamb's translation, Medina's manuscript, written in clean, gothic hand, is reproduced in fascimile. Mrs. Lamb's commentary provides a background in sixteenth-century cosmography, biographical details on Medina, and a discussion of the "Libro" in relation to three other extant cosmographic manuscripts by Medina.

A brief account of the life and discoveries of the Norse explorer who became one of the first white men to visit America.

The "Vínland Map" first surfaced on the antiquarian market in 1957 and the map's authenticity has been hotly debated ever since―in controversies ranging from the anomalous composition of the ink and the map's lack of provenance to a plethora of historical and cartographical riddles. Maps, Myths, and Men is the first work to address the full range of this debate. Focusing closely on what the map in fact shows, the book contains a critique of the 1965 work The Vinland Map and the Tartar Relation; scrutinizes the marketing strategies used in 1957; and covers many aspects of the map that demonstrate it is a modern fake, such as literary evidence and several scientific ink analyses performed between 1967 and 2002. The author explains a number of the riddles and provides evidence for both the identity of the mapmaker and the source of the parchment used, and she applies current knowledge of medieval Norse culture and exploration to counter widespread misinformation about Norse voyages to North America and about the Norse world picture.

Excavations at L'Anse aux Meadows in northern Newfoundland have revealed the presence of the Vikings around AD 1000. But was this the mysterious Vinland ("land of grapevines") which, according to the Icelandic sagas, Leif Eriksson discovered almost one thousand years ago? In his account Wahlgren argues for a location farther south and also suggests Viking exploration far to the North. He also answers the question: "Why did the Vikings eventually leave the New World?" with his theory that a worsening climate and attacks by native Eskimos and Indians put paid to the first European presence in North America.