Who was Leif Erikson?
Title
:
Who was Leif Erikson?
Personal Author EPSB
:
Nico, Medina
Summary
:
"Hold on to your Viking helmets as you learn about the first known European to set foot on North America in this exciting addition to the Who Was? Series! Leif Erikson was born to be an explorer. His father, Erik the Red, had established the first European settlement in present-day Greenland, and although he didn't yet know it, Leif was destined to embark on an adventure of his own. The wise and striking Viking landed in the area known as Vinland almost five centuries before Christopher Columbus even set sail! "Leif the Lucky" and the other fierce, sea-fearing pirates were accomplished navigators who raided foreign lands for resources, hunted for their food, and passed down Old Norse myths from one generation to the next. This book gives readers a detailed account of what life was like during the time of the Vikings.".
Year Published
:
2018
Series
:
Who was
Physical Description
:
108 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Contents
:
Who was Leif Erikson? -- Erik's son -- Greenland -- Life of a Viking -- The Viking way of war -- The Viking Age -- The road to Valhalla -- Voyage to Vinland -- The Vikings and the Skraelings -- Life After Leif -- Timelines -- Bibliography.
Personal Subject
:
Leiv Eiriksson, -approximately 1020.
Subject
:
Explorers -- Scandinavia -- Biography.
Explorers -- America -- Biography.
Vikings.
Geographic Term
:
America -- Discovery and exploration -- Norse.
Added Author
:
Putra, Dede (Illustrator)
Summary
:
"Hold on to your Viking helmets as you learn about the first known European to set foot on North America in this exciting addition to the Who Was? Series! Leif Erikson was born to be an explorer. His father, Erik the Red, had established the first European settlement in present-day Greenland, and although he didn't yet know it, Leif was destined to embark on an adventure of his own. The wise and striking Viking landed in the area known as Vinland almost five centuries before Christopher Columbus even set sail! "Leif the Lucky" and the other fierce, sea-fearing pirates were accomplished navigators who raided foreign lands for resources, hunted for their food, and passed down Old Norse myths from one generation to the next. This book gives readers a detailed account of what life was like during the time of the Vikings.".
ISBN
:
9780448488615
9781524786731
Publisher
:
New York, New York : Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House, LLC, [2018]
©2018
| Library | Call Number | Type | Item Barcode | Status |
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| Gold Bar | F WHO | Book | 30127000162201 | Fiction |