The Vinland Sagas: The Norse Discovery of America
translated by Magnus Magnusson

'Erik the Red discovered Greenland around the year 985; his son Leif disembarked in Canada at the beginning of the eleventh century. Dante could not have known this. The things of Scandinavia tend to be secret, as if they were a dream.' - Jorge Luis Borges

Both a record of a fascinating bit of history, and a rich and exciting piece of literature.

The two medieval lcelandic sagas translated in this volume tell one of the most arresting stories in the history of exploration Ð the discovery of America by Norsemen five centuries before Christopher Columbus. In spare and vigorous prose they record Europe's first surprised glimpse of the eastern shores of the North American continent and the Red lndian natives who inhabited them. The Sagas describe how Eirik the Red founded an Icelandic colony in Greenland and how his son, Leif the Lucky, later sailed south to explore and if possible exploit the chance discovery by Bjarni Herjolfsson of an unknown land.

ZH1549    The Vinland Sagas: The Norse Discovery of America     $12.00

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