The Vanished Settlers of Greenland
Title | The Vanished Settlers of Greenland PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Rix |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 423 |
Release | 2023-05-31 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1009359460 |
For four hundred years, Norse settlers battled to make southern Greenland a new, sustainable home. They strove against gales and winter cold, food shortages and in the end a shifting climate. The remnants they left behind speak of their determination to wrest an existence at the foot of this vast, icy and challenging wilderness. Yet finally, seemingly suddenly, they vanished; and their mysterious disappearance in the fifteenth century has posed a riddle to scholars ever since. What happened to the lost Viking colonists? For centuries people assumed their descendants could still be living, so expeditions went to find them: to no avail. Robert Rix tells the gripping story of the missing pioneers, placing their poignant history in the context of cultural discourse and imperial politics. Ranging across fiction, poetry, navigation, reception and tales of exploration, he expertly delves into one of the most contested questions in the annals of colonization.
The Vanished Settlers of Greenland
Title | The Vanished Settlers of Greenland PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Rix |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2023 |
Genre | Greenland |
ISBN | 9781009359443 |
"Rix tells the gripping story of Greenland's vanished Viking-age settlers, placing their poignant narrative in the wider context of cultural discourse and imperial politics. Ranging expertly across fiction, exploration, poetry, navigation and reception, he addresses one of the most mysterious and contested questions in the history of colonization"--
Land Under the Pole Star
Title | Land Under the Pole Star PDF eBook |
Author | Helge Ingstad |
Publisher | New York : St. Martin's Press |
Total Pages | 440 |
Release | 1966 |
Genre | America |
ISBN |
Norwegian explorer reconstructs all aspects of life in Norse communities founded by Eirik the Red about 1000 A.D.
Mysteries of the Far North
Title | Mysteries of the Far North PDF eBook |
Author | Jacques Privat |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | 626 |
Release | 2023-03-14 |
Genre | Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | 1644114488 |
Presents evidence of early Norse settlement in Greenland and North America • Explores in depth how Greenland and its surroundings were inhabited for nearly 5 centuries by two Nordic colonies, Vestri-bygd and Eystri-bygd • Shares extensive evidence from the still-living indigenous oral tradition of the Far North as well as surviving sculptural art to show how the Vikings and the Inuit formed a harmonious community • Examines ancient maps and other cartography, such as the 15th-century Martin Behaim globe, as well as explorers’ records of their voyages Sharing his extensive and meticulous research, Jacques Privat reveals that the Vikings were in Greenland, its neighboring islands, and the eastern shores of Canada long before Columbus. He examines in depth how Greenland and its surroundings were inhabited for nearly five centuries by two Nordic colonies, Vestribygð and Eystribygð, which disappeared mysteriously: one in 1342 and the other in the 16th century. Drawing on the still-living indigenous oral tradition of the Far North, as well as surviving sculptural art carvings, he shows how, far from being constantly at odds with the native population, the Norsemen and the Inuit formed a harmonious community. He reveals how this friendly Inuit-Viking relationship encouraged the Scandinavian settlers to forsake Christianity and return to their pagan roots. Working with ancient European maps and other cartography, such as the 15th-century Martin Behaim globe, as well as explorers’ records of their voyages, the author examines the English, Irish, German, Danish, Flemish, and Portuguese presence in the Far North. He explores how Portugal dominated many seas and produced the first correct cartography of Greenland as an island. He also reveals how Portugal may have been behind the disappearance of the Vikings in Greenland by enslaving them for their European plantations. Dispelling once and for all the theories that the Inuit were responsible for the failure of the Scandinavian colonies of the Far North, the author reveals how, ultimately, the Church opted to cut all ties with the settlements—rather than publicize that a formerly Christian people had become pagan again. When the lands of the Far North were officially “discovered” after the Middle Ages, the Norse colonies had vanished, leaving behind only legends and mysterious ruins.
The Greenland Norse
Title | The Greenland Norse PDF eBook |
Author | NIELS. LYNNERUP |
Publisher | Museum Tusculanum Press |
Total Pages | 156 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9788763512459 |
The Lost Western Settlement of Greenland, 1342
Title | The Lost Western Settlement of Greenland, 1342 PDF eBook |
Author | Carol S. Francis |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 146 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
The Western Norse Settlement in Greenland disappeared suddenly, probably in 1342. Research in the area includes medieval sources, archeological studies of the ruins, climatic data from the Greenlandic icecap, oral stories from the Inuit in Greenland and Canada, and possible sightings of ancestors of the Norse in the Canadian Arctic. Feeling threatened both physically by the Thule (ancestors of the Inuit) and a cooling climate, and economically by the Norwegian crown, the Roman Catholic Church, and the Eastern Settlement in Greenland, the Western Settlement voluntarily left en masse for the new world, probably in 1342 based on sailing dates.
The Vanished Northwest Passage Arctic Expedition
Title | The Vanished Northwest Passage Arctic Expedition PDF eBook |
Author | Lisa M. Bolt Simons |
Publisher | Capstone |
Total Pages | 33 |
Release | 2022 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 1663958920 |
In 1845, Sir John Franklin commanded two ships on an expedition to find a Northwest Passage from England through the Arctic and over to Asia. If successful, the route would be a faster way to get goods from Asia to Europe and back. But success was not in the cards for Franklin's expedition. Only recently, the sunken ships were discovered in the icy Arctic waters. What happened to Franklin and his men, and what messages did they leave behind?