The Vanished Settlers Of Greenland

Author : Robert Rix
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1009359460
Total Pages : 423 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Vanished Settlers of Greenland written by Robert Rix and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-05-31 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Robert Rix
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781009359443
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Vanished Settlers of Greenland written by Robert Rix and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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"--

Author : Jacques Privat
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1644114488
Total Pages : 626 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mysteries of the Far North written by Jacques Privat and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-03-14 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Helge Ingstad
Publisher : New York : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Land Under the Pole Star written by Helge Ingstad and published by New York : St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 1966 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Norwegian explorer reconstructs all aspects of life in Norse communities founded by Eirik the Red about 1000 A.D.

Author : Lisa M. Bolt Simons
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 1666322458
Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Vanished Northwest Passage Arctic Expedition written by Lisa M. Bolt Simons and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2022 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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?"--

Author : Hans Egede
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Description of Greenland written by Hans Egede and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-09-16 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "A Description of Greenland" by Hans Egede. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Author : Geoffrey Williamson
Publisher : London : Sidgwick and Jackson
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Changing Greenland written by Geoffrey Williamson and published by London : Sidgwick and Jackson. This book was released on 1953 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Popular account of modern Greenland.

Author : Wilhelm August Graah
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3861951592
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Narrative of an Expedition to the East Coast of Greenland written by Wilhelm August Graah and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2009 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sent by order of The King of Denmark in search of the lost Colonies.

Author : Jennifer C. McElwain
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022653457X
Total Pages : 153 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tropical Arctic written by Jennifer C. McElwain and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2021-11-05 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated visit to the tropical arctic of 205 million years ago when Greenland was green. While today’s Greenland is largely covered in ice, in the time of the dinosaurs the area was a lushly forested, tropical zone. Tropical Arctic tracks a ten-million-year window of Earth’s history when global temperatures soared and the vegetation of the world responded. A project over eighteen years in the making, Tropical Arctic is the result of a unique collaboration between two paleobotanists, Jennifer C. McElwain and Ian J. Glasspool, and award-winning scientific illustrator Marlene Hill Donnelly. They began with a simple question: “What was the color of a fossilized leaf?” Tropical Arctic answers that question and more, allowing readers to experience Triassic Greenland through three reconstructed landscapes and an expertly researched catalog of extinct plants. A stunning compilation of paint and pencil art, photos, maps, and engineered fossil models, Tropical Arctic blends art and science to bring a lost world to life. Readers will also enjoy a front-row seat to the scientific adventures of life in the field, with engaging anecdotes about analyzing fossils and learning to ward off polar bear attacks. Tropical Arctic explains our planet’s story of environmental upheaval, mass extinction, and resilience. By looking at Earth’s past, we see a glimpse of the future of our warming planet—and learn an important lesson for our time of climate change.

Author : Hans Egede
Publisher : International Polar Institute
ISBN 13 : 9781736690208
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The New Perlustration of Greenland written by Hans Egede and published by International Polar Institute. This book was released on 2021-05 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the beginning of the 18th century there still was hope of finding Norse descendants among the Eskimo in Greenland. A Norwegian clergyman, Hans Egede, having managed to persuade the authorities that such people should be converted to the Lutheran faith, arrived in the Godthåb Fjord (in the southwest) to begin a new European settlement in Greenland, but found only Eskimo. The history of modern Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat) can be traced to this voyage in 1721. He discovered no survivors of the old colonists, but stayed to found his own settlement at Godthåb (now Nuuk) and to begin the development of the country and its Inuit people.