It also sheds new light on the society that gave rise to a woman even more extraordinary than legend has painted her, and illuminates the reasons for its collapse. Joining scientists experimenting with cutting-edge technology and the latest archaeological techniques, and tracing Gudrid’s steps on land and in the sagas, The Far Traveler reconstructs a life that spanned-and expanded-the bounds of the then-known world. The Far Traveler: Voyages of a Viking Woman by Nancy Marie Brown My rating: 5 of 5 stars An awesome mix of documentary history and archaeology, to bring a character to life. Then, in 2001, a team of scientists discovered what may have been this pioneering woman’s last house, buried under a hay field in Iceland, just where the epic tales suggest it could be. Even after archaeologists found a Viking longhouse in Newfoundland, no one believed that the details of Gudrid’s story were true. Buy a discounted audible edition of The Far Traveler (Audio CD). She landed in the New World and lived there for three years, giving birth to a baby before sailing home. Booktopia has The Far Traveler, Voyages of a Viking Woman Audio CD by Nancy Marie Brown. Five hundred years before Columbus, a Viking woman named Gudrid sailed off the edge of the known world. The remarkable story of Gudrid, the female explorer who sailed from Iceland to the New World a millennium ago. Download Citation The Saga of Gudrid the Far-Traveler by Nancy Marie Brown An authors note describes the mix of legends and true stories that Brown.
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