Viking
A history of the Vikings explains how these great explorers earned a reputation as fierce invaders, their ship construction techniques, and how Leif Erikson arrived in America centuries before Columbus.
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- Full title :Viking / written by Susan M. Margeson ; photographed by Peter Anderson.
Summary
A history of the Vikings explains how these great explorers earned a reputation as fierce invaders, their ship construction techniques, and how Leif Erikson arrived in America centuries before Columbus.
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- Publication Date:2010.
- Edition:Rev. ed
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Dorling Kindersley
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2010.
Notes
This ed. originally published: 2002.
Accompanied by one CD-ROM and one wallchart.
Includes index.
The Physical Object
- Description:72 pages : : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; : 28 cm +
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781405345378, 1405345373, 9780756658298, 0756658292, 9781405373302, 140537330X
- oclc:ocn842522811
- LC Classification:DL65
- Dewey Decimal:948.022
Table of Contents
Who were the Vikings? -- Lords of the sea -- A Viking warship -- Viking warriors -- Weapons -- Terrorizing the west -- East into Russia -- Discovering new lands -- A Viking fort -- Other ships -- Trading east and west -- Kings and freemen -- Women and children -- At home -- Mealtime -- Animals, wild and imagined -- Farming -- Getting around -- In the workshop -- Spinning and weaving -- Jewelry -- Games, music, and stories -- Gods and legends -- Viking burials -- Runes and picture stones -- The Jelling Stone -- The coming of Christianity -- Did you know? -- Who's who? -- Find out more.
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