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Loading... The Penguin Historical Atlas of the Vikings (Hist Atlas) (original 1995; edition 1995)by John Haywood (Author)
Work InformationThe Penguin Historical Atlas of the Vikings by John Haywood (1995)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. okay, i would have preferred more maps. and perhaps less emphasis on the sagas as history. still, the Vikings went everywhere, and this makes a start. ( ) I like this format for the actual maps less well than I Liked the McEvedy series of atlases. But the book is informative and tries to more of a survey of the "Abortive Scandinavian" Civilization, (as Arnold Toynbee called it), than a record of that society's impact on the other civilizations of the period. no reviews | add a review
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Viking marauders in their longships burst through the defences of ninth-century Europe, striking terror into the hearts of peasants and rulers alike for two centuries. But the Vikings were more than just marine warriors and this atlas shows their development as traders and craftsmen, explorers, settlers and mercenaries. With over sixty full colour maps, it follows the tracks of the Viking merchants who travelled deep into Russia, of Viking mercenaries who served in the emperor's bodyguard at Constantinople, and Viking mariners who sailed beyond the edge of the known world to North America. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)911.48History and Geography Geography and Travel Historical geography Europe ScandinaviaLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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