The Conquest of the North Atlantic – Geoffrey Jules Marcus Gratis Verzending

The earliest ventures out into the Western Ocean were those of Irish monks in quest of desert islands in which to pursue their vocation, culminating in a series of voyages to Iceland. The Irish were later followed by Norsemen of the Viking agesome of the most skilful and most daring mariners who ever sailed the seas, eventually penetrating as far westward as Greenland and the American mainland. Besides the assessment of what these early seafarers actually achieved must be faced the even more difficult probl…