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Graenlendinga saga

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Magnus Magnusson, Hermann Palsson
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Penguin Books Limited, 1965 - Fiction - 124 pages
One of the most arresting stories in the history of exploration, these two Icelandic sagas tell of the discovery of America by Norsemen five centuries before Christopher Columbus. Together, the direct, forceful twelfth-century Graenlendinga Saga and the more polished and scholarly Eirik’s Saga, written some hundred years later, recount how Eirik 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. In spare and vigorous prose they record Europe’s first surprise glimpse of the eastern shores of the North American continent and the natives who inhabited them.

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About the author (1965)

Magnus Magnusson is an Icelander who has been resident in Scotland for most of his life, and is well-known for his presentation of the BBC's Mastermind. He is also chairman of the Scottish National Heritage. He studied English and Old Icelandic at Oxford University. Hermann Palsson studied Icelandic at the University of Iceland and Celtic at University College, Dublin. Formerly Professor of Icelandic at the University of Edinburgh and General Editor of the New Saga Library, he has written many books on the history and literature of medieval Iceland. He died in 2003.Magnus Magnusson is an Icelander who has been resident in Scotland for most of his life, and is well-known for his presentation of the BBC's Mastermind. He is also chairman of the Scottish National Heritage. He studied English and Old Icelandic at Oxford University. Hermann Palsson studied Icelandic at the University of Iceland and Celtic at University College, Dublin. Formerly Professor of Icelandic at the University of Edinburgh and General Editor of the New Saga Library, he has written many books on the history and literature of medieval Iceland. He died in 2003.

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TitleGraenlendinga saga
Classics Series
Penguin classics literature
Volume 154 of The Penguin classics, L154
EditorsMagnus Magnusson, Hermann Palsson
Translated byMagnus Magnusson, Hermann Palsson
ContributorsMagnus Magnusson, Hermann Palsson
Editionillustrated, reprint
PublisherPenguin Books Limited, 1965
ISBN0140441549, 9780140441543
Length124 pages
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Fiction / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology
Fiction / Sagas
History / Medieval
Literary Collections / Essays
  
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