The Vinland Sagas
The Norse discovery of America
Translated by
Magnus Magnusson & Hermann Pálsson
Penguin Books, 1965 - 1971
The two medieval Icelandic sagas translated in this volume tell one of the most fascinating stories in the
history of exploration - the discovery of America by Norsemen, five centuries before Christopher Columbus.
In spare and vigorous prose they record Europe´s first surprised glimpse of the eastern shores of the
North American continent and the Red Indian natives who inhabited them. The sagas describe how Erik the Red
founded an Icelandic colony in Greenland and how his son, Leif the Lucky, later sailed south to explore and
if possible exploit the chance discovery by Bjarni Herjolfsson of an unknown land.
The cover shows an axehead from the grave of a Viking chief in the National Museum, Copenhagen (Snark International)
(Bovenstaande tekst komt van de achterkant van het boek)
Met Engelse vertalingen van twee saga's:
- Grænlendinga saga
- Eirik´s saga