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The vanished settlers of Greenland : in search of a legend and its legacy / Robert W. Rix.
Van Pelt Library PN56.3.G74 R59 2023
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rix, Robert, 1970- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Greenland--In literature.
- Greenland.
- Greenland--Discovery and exploration--Norse.
- Vikings--Greenland--History.
- Vikings.
- Vikings in literature.
- Legends--Greenland--History and criticism.
- Legends.
- Discoveries in geography--Norse.
- Genre:
- History
- Physical Description:
- vii, 414 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023.
- Summary:
- "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"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Prologue: the medieval settlements in Greenland
- Land of wealth and violence: early representations of Greenland
- Greenland and discourses of possession
- Beyond the horizon: Greenland in eighteenth-century perspectives
- 1818: British Greenland
- Greenland's fall and restoration
- The surpassing adventures of Allan Gordon
- Arctic adventure tales: science and imperialism
- Vanished settlers: a return to new beginnings.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 9781009359474
- 1009359479
- 9781009359443
- 1009359444
- OCLC:
- 1360299541
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