An illustrated Viking voyage
Subtitle: retracing Leif Eriksson's journey in an authentic Viking knarr
By: photographs by Russell Kaye ; text by W. Hodding Carter.
Contributors: Kaye, Russell.
Publisher: Pocket Books
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 147
Subjects: Carter, W. Hodding -- Travel -- North Atlantic Ocean.; Leiv Eiriksson, d. ca. 1020 -- Travel -- North America.; North Atlantic Ocean -- Navigation.
Description: In 1997, journalist and history buff W. Hodding Carter, along with a band of amateur sailers, set out to retrace Leif Eriksson's journey to North America. They sailed in a handmade ship modeled after a traditional Viking "knarr." It was the first voyage by Westerners to precisely follow the Vikings' route in nearly 1000 years. The chronicle of this voyage is told in this book, through photographs and colorful running text.