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The First Settler of the New World
This study discusses the expedition made by Thorfinn Karlsefni to Vinland the Good. Karlsefni sailed there from Greenland along with his wife Gudrid and a fine company of men. They brought along all sorts of livestock, having orginally planned to settle in the new land. Karlsefni stayed for three years in Vinland, but was forced to leave due to the hostility of the natives there as well...
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The Windows of Brimnes: An American in Iceland
DIVBill Holm is one of a kind. A Minnesotan of Icelandic ancestry, his travels have taken him all over the world, providing the material for a number of rich and memorable books. In IThe Windows of Brimnes,/I Holm travels to Brimnes, his fisherman’s cottage on the shore of a creek in northern Iceland. From there, he...
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The Landscapes of Iceland: Types and Regions
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An African in Greenland (New York Review Books Classics)
Tété-Michel Kpomassie was a teenager in Togo when he discovered a book about Greenland—and knew that he must go there. Working his way north over nearly a decade, Kpomassie finally arrived in the country of his dreams. This brilliantly observed and superbly entertaining record of his adventures among the Inuit is a testament both to the wonderful strangeness of the human species...
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Iceland Business Investment Opportunities Yearbook
Iceland Business Investment Opportunities Yearbook
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