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ISBN: 9780595436804

For over 100 years, people have debated where Vinland is located. Thisbook describes what sagas said, where Vikings landed, what interactionthey had with Natives, and what legacy they lef… More...

For over 100 years, people have debated where Vinland is located. Thisbook describes what sagas said, where Vikings landed, what interactionthey had with Natives, and what legacy they left Indians and earlyEuropean colonists. Fred Brown uses 33 years of studying Viking accountsof journeys to America, genetic information, archaeological evidence, OldNorse language remnants, and sailing experience to pinpoint yet anotherViking incursion in New England. His detective work to find Vinland isbrilliant and masterful.While you and I play golf, Fred Brown spends his off-hours researchingour past. After reading about possible areas visited by the Vikings anddescriptions of America in Viking legends, in 1976 Fred ventured out byboat using Viking descriptions and archaeological finds in that theorizedarea. He investigated documents from English settlers in the 1600s aboutthe light-skinned Indians, metal and smelting use by early Indians, oddlinguistic similarities to northwestern Europeans, and a peculiar resistanceto tuberculosis among Indians, genetically common to Europeans. Heconcluded, and is not the only researcher to do so, that the Narragansettand Wampanoag Indians of the region encountered by early Englishsettlers were, in fact, descendants of mixed Indian/Viking populations.-Editor, Diane Holloway, Ph.D.. III Fred N. Brown, Books, History, World History, Rediscovering Vinland: Evidence of Ancient Viking Presence in America Books>History>World History, Iuniverse<

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ISBN: 0595436803

For over 100 years, people have debated where Vinland is located. This book describes what sagas said, where Vikings landed, what interaction they had with Natives, and what legacy they l… More...

For over 100 years, people have debated where Vinland is located. This book describes what sagas said, where Vikings landed, what interaction they had with Natives, and what legacy they left Indians and early European colonists. Fred Brown uses 33 years of studying Viking accounts of journeys to America, genetic information, archaeological evidence, Old Norse language remnants, and sailing experience to pinpoint yet another Viking incursion in New England. His detective work to find Vinland is brilliant and masterful. "While you and I play golf, Fred Brown spends his off-hours researching our past. After reading about possible areas visited by the Vikings and descriptions of America in Viking legends, in 1976 Fred ventured out by boat using Viking descriptions and archaeological finds in that theorized area. He investigated documents from English settlers in the 1600s about the light-skinned Indians, metal and smelting use by early Indians, odd linguistic similarities to northwestern Europeans, and a peculiar resistance to tuberculosis among Indians, genetically common to Europeans. He concluded, and is not the only researcher to do so, that the Narragansett and Wampanoag Indians of the region encountered by early English settlers were, in fact, descendants of mixed Indian/Viking populations." -Editor, Diane Holloway, Ph.D. . history History, iUniverse, Incorporated<

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