The Norse discoverers of America : $b the Wineland sagas translated & discussed
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"The Norse discoverers of America : the Wineland sagas translated & discussed" by G. M. Gathorne-Hardy is a scholarly historical study and translation written in the early 20th century. It presents the Vinland sagas in English with commentary, weighing their credibility and geography to argue where Norse explorers likely landed in North America. The focus is on Eric the Red’s family, Leif Erikson, and Thorfinn Karlsefni, using chronologies, genealogies, and notes to orient general readers while engaging scholarly debates. The opening of the work explains its wartime delay, surveys recent scholarship, and sets a clear purpose: to offer literal, modern-language translations of the sagas and a reasoned discussion of their historical value, avoiding romanticized “saga” diction. It outlines the sources (primarily the Saga of Eric the Red, Hauk’s Book, and the Flatey Book), the decision to weave them into a single coherent narrative, and provides a chronological and genealogical framework.
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