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Brown, Nancy Marie.
The far traveler: voyages of a Viking woman/Nancy Marie Brown.—1st ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Gudrid Thorbjarnardottir—Travel. 2. North America—Discovery and exploration—Norse. 3. Iceland—Discovery and exploration—Norse. 4. Women—Iceland—Biography. 5. Women—Greenland—Biography. 6. Vikings—Biography. 7. Sagas. 8. Viking ships. 9. Excavations (Archaeology)—Iceland. I. Title.
DL65.B77 2007
970.01'3092—dc22 [B] 2007006081
ISBN 978-0-15-101440-8
eISBN 978-0-547-53939-3
v2.0916