VIKING AMERICA; The Norse Crossings and Their Legacy
New York: Doubleday & Company, 1972. Photographs. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo, ocean blue cloth with gold lettering on spine, illustrated with several B&W photos and maps, with an Epilogue by THOR HEYERDAHL, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting a Swedish yellow viking ship against a deep blue background, map endpapers, 217 pages. Fine / Near Fine. Item #2248
ISBN: 0385025858
Two interesting features of this study are the author's discussion of the importance that religious (Roman Catholic!) missionary activity had on the Norse expansion into Iceland, Greenland, and beyond into Vineland; another feature is his discussion of the relationship between early European maps and Viking activities.
THOR HEYERDAHL, who wrote the Epilogue, was, of course, the author of Kon-Tiki.
FINE Condition: a few clean nicks and light soil to Uncommon dust jacket.
Price: $22.00