vikings

A brief biography of tenth-century adventurer and explorer, Eric the Red, describing his life in Norway and in Iceland, his discovery of Greenland, and founder of the first European settlement in Greenland.

At sixteen, Bjarni is cast out of the Norse settlement in the Angles' Land for an act of oath-breaking and spends five years sailing the west coast of Scotland and witnessing the feuds of the clan chiefs living there.

Presents an illustrated history of the Vikings that chronicles their origins in Scandinavia during the first millennium AD to the late period of fifteenth-century Greenland.

Argues that Viking reached America before Christopher Columbus, and chronicles one couples discovery of Viking artifacts which prove Vikings landed in the United States more than one thousand years ago.

Presents full-color illustrated photographs and drawings describing the history and culture of the Viking civilization including their religion and methods of burial, shipbuilding, Viking raids and fortifications, daily life, and much more.

An overview of Viking history and culture featuring color maps and illustrations and focus sections on significant figures and special topics.

Describes Viking warriors, including their training, fighting methods, and weapons, as well as their decline and their place in popular culture.

This book explores what the Vikings gave us: clinker ships, althings, and more.--Borders.

Recounts the further escapades of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third as he continues his Viking training during which he escapes from a boatload of Roman soldiers and searches for his kidnapped dragon.