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    Vikings in America

    By Graeme Davis

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    The first book to tackle the subject in forty years, the true extent of the Viking discovery and colonisation of the eastern seaboard of America is fully examined, taking into account the new archaeological, linguistic and DNA evidence which supplements the historic account. When Columbus claimed to have discovered America in 1492, and the Borgia Pope claimed it as a New World for Catholic Spain, the Vatican started a 500 hundred year conspiracy to conceal the true story of Viking America. In this groundbreaking new work by the author of The Early English Settlement of Orkney and Shetland, the true extent of the Viking discovery and colonisation of the eastern seaboard of America is fully examined, taking into account the new archaeological, linguistic and DNA evidence which supplements the historic account. For four centuries or more, from their first visits around AD 1000 to the eve of the Columbus voyages, the Vikings explored and settled thousands of miles of the coasts and rivers of North America. From New York's Long Island to the Canadian High Arctic the New World was a playground for Viking adventurers. And the name the Vikings gave to this New World - America.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBirlinn
    Release dateMay 23, 2011
    ISBN9780857900654
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    Graeme Davis

    Graeme Davis is a specialist in the mediaeval world, its language, literature and culture. Recent books include studies of the language and literature of Anglo-Saxon, Old High German and Old Icelandic cultures. He is a lecturer in the History of the English Language with the Open University, previously a British Academy funded researcher at the University of Iceland, and an enthusiast for the North Atlantic region, where he has travelled extensively.

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      This gets one star out of five since I am not sure that clicking no star will count as a rating of no stars. There is much need for a good book on what we know or can reasonably hypothesize about the Viking settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows, but this is not that book. Graeme Davis's book is biased, speculative and superficial. While the status of L'Anse aux Meadows as a Viking outpost is absolutely certain, there is so far no good evidence whatsoever that Vikings ever visited what is now the US. However, the author does not need evidence. He is happy to base his work on wishful thinking, speculation, surmise and misunderstandings.