The Viking  discovery of America
Subtitle: the excavation of a Norse settlement in L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland
By: [Helge Ingstad & Anne Stine Ingstad].
Contributors: Ingstad, Anne Stine, 1918-
Publisher: Checkmark Books; Checkmark Books/Facts on File
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 194
Subjects: Vikings -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- L'Anse aux Meadows.; Vikings -- Folklore.; Sagas.; Excavations (Archaeology) -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- L'Anse aux Meadows.; America -- Discovery and exploration -- Norse.; L'Anse aux Meadows (N.L.) -- Antiquities.
Genres: Folklore.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-187) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1. Foreword iii; title: 2. Ships and Navigation 1; title: 3. The Norse Community in Greenland 7; title: 4. The Ancient Sources 29; title: 5. The Grcenlendinga Saga 35; title: 6. The Origin of Grcenlendinga Saga 63; title: 7. Erik's Saga 69; title: 8. Adam of Bremen 103; title: 9. Maps 111; title: 10.The Discovery of a Norse Settlement in America 123; title: 11. L'Anse aux Meadows 129; title: 12. The Excavation 141; title: 13. Epilogue 171; title: 14. Bibliography183; title: 15. Index 188.