| Description |
viii, 373 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Note |
Originally published: Toronto : Key Porter Books, c2002. |
| Contents |
The old world -- Worlds to the west -- Alba-in-the-west. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"Farley Mowat challenges the conventional notion that the Vikings were the first Europeans to reach North America. Mowat offers instead an unforgettable portrait of the Albans, a people originating from the island now known as Britain. Battered by repeated invasions from their aggressive neighbors--Celt, Roman, and Norse--the Albans boarded seaworthy, skin-covered boats and fled west. Their search for safety, and for the massive walrus herds on which their survival depended, took them first to Iceland, then to Greenland, and finally to the land now known as Newfoundland and Labrador."--P. [4] of cover. |
| Subject |
America -- Discovery and exploration -- Pre-Columbian.
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Canada -- Discovery and exploration -- Pre-Columbian.
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Alba (Kingdom)
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| ISBN |
9781616082376 alkaline paper |
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1616082372 alkaline paper |
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