Iceland and Greenland

Iceland and Greenland

Update: 2022-03-15
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It's an old story:
The Vikings gave Greenland and Iceland their names to fool people. But is that actually true?
Grab and oar on the dragon boat as we sail to the icy heart of this naming mystery!

Sources:

Articles:
A BRIEF HISTORY OF GREENLAND - Local Histories

Debunking the Naming of Iceland: How the Island Got its Name | The Horse and the Norse (wordpress.com)

Erik The Red – The Raving, Red-Haired Lunatic Who Settled Greenland (allthatsinteresting.com)

Eric the Red - discover of Greenland (greenlandbytopas.com) 

Facts about Greenland - Naalakkersuisut

Books:
Bugge, A. (2022). THE NATIVE GREENLANDER - A BLENDING OF OLD AND NEW. Arctic.

History, C. (2018). Erik the Red: A Captivating Guide to the Viking Who Founded the First Norse Settlement in Greenland (Captivating History). CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.

Palsson, H., & Edwards, P. (2007). The Book of Settlements: Landnamabok (U of M Icelandic Series). University of Manitoba Press.

Seaver, K. A. (1997). The Frozen Echo: Greenland and the Exploration of North America, ca. A.D. 1000–1500 (1st ed.). Stanford University Press.

Websites:
www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca
www.britannica.com 

Music:
Market by PeriTune | http://peritune.com
Music promoted by
https://www.free-stock-music.com
Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0


"Psalm 23" by Toyohiko Satoh Lute Music from the Netherlands, retrieved from archive.org
https://archive.org/details/cd_lute-music-from-the-netherlands_toyohiko-satoh

"Sækonungar" by Skald  Viking Memories, retrieved from archive.org 
https://archive.org/details/skald-vikings_memories-vinyl

 



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Iceland and Greenland

Iceland and Greenland

Megan Taylor