In Search of First Contact : The Vikings of Vinland, the Peoples of the Dawnland, and the Anglo-American Anxiety of Discovery /

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A radically new interpretation of two medieval Icelandic tales, known as the Vinland sagas, considering what the they reveal about native peoples, and how they contribute to the debate about whether Leif Eiriksson or Christopher Columbus should be credited as the first ""discoverer"&q...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kolodny, Annette, 1941-2019
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Gemeinnützige Siedlungs-Aktiengesellschaft Altona
Rezeption
Entdeckung > Motiv
Sagas.
Literature.
Discoveries in geography > Norse.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > Native American Studies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
Sagas > Histoire et critique.
Sagas > History and criticism.
Amerika
America.
Amerique > Litteratures > Histoire et critique.
America > Literatures > History and criticism.
America > Discovery and exploration > Norse.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:A radically new interpretation of two medieval Icelandic tales, known as the Vinland sagas, considering what the they reveal about native peoples, and how they contribute to the debate about whether Leif Eiriksson or Christopher Columbus should be credited as the first ""discoverer"" of America.
Physical Description:1 online resource (445 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780822395539

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