The Vanished Settlers Of Greenland: In Search A Legend And Its Legacy Robert W Rix Cambridge University Press Αγγλικά Βιβλία Fiction Essays Literary

For Four Hundred Years Norse Settlers Battled To Make Southern Greenland A New Sustainable Home They Strove Against Gales And Winter Cold Food Shortages In The End Shifting Climate Remnants Left Behind Speak Of Their Determination Wrest An Existence At Foot This Vast Icy Challenging Wilderness Yet Finally Seemingly Suddenly Vanished Mysterious Disappearance Fifteenth Century Has Posed Riddle Scholars Ever Since What Happened Lost Viking Colonists? Centuries People Assumed Descendants Could Still Be Living So Expeditions Went Find Them: No Avail Robert Rix Tells Gripping Story Missing Pioneers Placing Poignant History Context Cultural Discourse Imperial Politics Ranging Across Fiction Poetry Navigation Reception Tales Exploration He Expertly Delves Into One Most Contested Questions Annals Colonization Σελίδες: 217 Διαστάσεις: 14 7X14 7Cm