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Secrets Of The Viking Navigators How The Vikings Used Their Amazing Sunstones And Other Techniques To Cross The Open Ocean
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Author : Leif K. Karlsen
language : en
Publisher: Starpath Publications
Release Date : 2018-09-13
Secrets Of The Viking Navigators How The Vikings Used Their Amazing Sunstones And Other Techniques To Cross The Open Ocean written by Leif K. Karlsen and has been published by Starpath Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-13 with History categories.
Most navigators have heard of Viking sunstones, but few realize they are more than legend. Leif Karlsen has brought them to life. He shows us how they work--now, and a thousand years ago--and what it was that led the Viking navigators to develop this unique tool for finding the direction to the sun, even when the sun is obscured by clouds or fog.
Secrets Of The Viking Navigators
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Author : Leif K. Karlsen
language : en
Publisher: Starpath Publications
Release Date : 2003
Secrets Of The Viking Navigators written by Leif K. Karlsen and has been published by Starpath Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Iceland spar categories.
"Most navigators have heard of Viking sunstones, but few realize they are more than legend. Leif Karlsen has brought them to life. He shows us how they work-now, and a thousand years ago-and what it was that led the Viking navigators to develop this unique tool for finding the direction to the sun, even when the sun is obscured by clouds or fog." -David Burch, PhD, FIN, Director, Starpath School of Navigation "Using clues he gleaned from the Icelandic Sagas, his experience as a professional navigator, and from his voyages on "Borgunknarren"-a 60' Viking ship replica-Leif K. Karlsen reveals the secrets of Viking navigation. Karlsen has done extensive research on the Viking "sunstone" and "horizon board" and explains how they work. This is an interesting, valuable, and educational contribution to the understanding of the Vikings' success as navigators and seamen." -Dr. Alf Lunder Knudsen, Editor Emeritus Western Viking "The Norwegian Voice of America -Since 1889 If "cutting edge" can be used in relation to Viking navigation, this information is definitely it. Leif Karlsen is the world's foremost scholar on the Viking sunstone. His well-researched and intelligent work on Viking navigation examines the sagas and combines that information with the experiential and practical research of just trying it out. It's a comprehensive and accessible study that's also a compelling analysis of the secrets of Viking navigators, and their unparalled success as sea-born explorers." -Kristine Leander, Ph.D., Director, Leif Erikson International Foundation
Viking Navigation
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Author : Soren Thirslund
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013-04-01
Viking Navigation written by Soren Thirslund and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-01 with History categories.
How was the Norse Navigator able to shape his course across the North Atlantic long before the invention of the magnetic compass? This book tells the story of the Viking Sun Compass and how it allowed the Vikings to sail across the Atlantic. In 1948, the Danish archaeologist C.L. Veb�k found the remains of a small wooden disc at the Viking Age site of Uunartoq in Greenland. Since then the Master mariners Carl V. Sver and Sen Thirslund have interpreted this find as a navigational instrument. This book is the essence of more than forty years of archaeological studies, discussions and practical sea-going experiments. The author gives a full account of the history of the find and demonstrates convincingly how Viking Age Navigators could make use of this and other simple devices in order to find their way across the vastness of the Northern Atlantic.
The Mystery Of The Vikings In America
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Author : Morton J. Golding
language : en
Publisher: Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott Company
Release Date : 1973
The Mystery Of The Vikings In America written by Morton J. Golding and has been published by Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973 with History categories.
Explores available clues and evidence that the Vikings were the first discoverers of America.
Viking Navigation
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Author : Søren Thirslund
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 199?
Viking Navigation written by Søren Thirslund and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 199? with Solar compass categories.
The Barefoot Navigator
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Author : Jack Lagan
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2017-09-07
The Barefoot Navigator written by Jack Lagan and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-07 with Sports & Recreation categories.
'Barefoot navigation: 5,000 years in the making.' Barefoot Navigator introducesus to a unique take on navigation – using the skills of the ancients and technology-free techniques, we learn how to navigate using the sun, sea, wind and stars, and even the flight patterns of ocean birds. The first part of this absorbing book recounts a colourful history of seafarers and their navigation techniques. How did the Polynesians manage to populate an area of ocean larger than North America simply by analysing clouds,currents and wind direction? How did the Vikings routinely travel on the notorious stretches of water between Iceland, Greenland and Scandinavia? The second part shows how to use these ancient techniques to supplement today's navigational hardware, especially in survival situations. Fascinating history, useful advice, enjoyable writing, and different to every other navigation reference out there, this second edition has been beautifully packaged in a hardback format, with new illustrations and thoroughly revised text.
Viking History And Norse Mythology
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Author : Billy Wellman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023-05-24
Viking History And Norse Mythology written by Billy Wellman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-05-24 with categories.
Two manuscripts in one book: History of the Vikings Norse Mythology
The Natural Navigator
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Author : Tristan Gooley
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2010-03-30
The Natural Navigator written by Tristan Gooley and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-03-30 with Travel categories.
Starting with a simple question - 'Which way am I looking?' - Tristan Gooley blends natural science, myth, folklore and the history of travel to introduce you to the rare and ancient art of finding your way using nature's own sign-posts, from the feel of a rock to the look of the moon. In this fully updated edition you'll learn why some trees grow the way they do and how they can help you find your way in the countryside. You'll discover how it's possible to find North simply by looking at a puddle and how natural signs can be used to navigate on the open ocean and in the heart of the city. Wonderfully detailed and full of fascinating stories, this is a glorious exploration of the rediscovered art of natural navigation.
Myths Of The Rune Stone
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Author : David M. Krueger
language : en
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Release Date : 2015-10-01
Myths Of The Rune Stone written by David M. Krueger and has been published by U of Minnesota Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-01 with History categories.
What do our myths say about us? Why do we choose to believe stories that have been disproven? David M. Krueger takes an in-depth look at a legend that held tremendous power in one corner of Minnesota, helping to define both a community’s and a state’s identity for decades. In 1898, a Swedish immigrant farmer claimed to have discovered a large rock with writing carved into its surface in a field near Kensington, Minnesota. The writing told a North American origin story, predating Christopher Columbus’s exploration, in which Viking missionaries reached what is now Minnesota in 1362 only to be massacred by Indians. The tale’s credibility was quickly challenged and ultimately undermined by experts, but the myth took hold. Faith in the authenticity of the Kensington Rune Stone was a crucial part of the local Nordic identity. Accepted and proclaimed as truth, the story of the Rune Stone recast Native Americans as villains. The community used the account as the basis for civic celebrations for years, and advocates for the stone continue to promote its validity despite the overwhelming evidence that it was a hoax. Krueger puts this stubborn conviction in context and shows how confidence in the legitimacy of the stone has deep implications for a wide variety of Minnesotans who embraced it, including Scandinavian immigrants, Catholics, small-town boosters, and those who desired to commemorate the white settlers who died in the Dakota War of 1862. Krueger demonstrates how the resilient belief in the Rune Stone is a form of civil religion, with aspects that defy logic but illustrate how communities characterize themselves. He reveals something unique about America’s preoccupation with divine right and its troubled way of coming to terms with the history of the continent’s first residents. By considering who is included, who is left out, and how heroes and villains are created in the stories we tell about the past, Myths of the Rune Stone offers an enlightening perspective on not just Minnesota but the United States as well.
The Lost Art Of Finding Our Way
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Author : John Edward Huth
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2013-05-15
The Lost Art Of Finding Our Way written by John Edward Huth and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-05-15 with Science categories.
Long before GPS, Google Earth, and global transit, humans traveled vast distances using only environmental clues and simple instruments. John Huth asks what is lost when modern technology substitutes for our innate capacity to find our way. Encyclopedic in breadth, weaving together astronomy, meteorology, oceanography, and ethnography, The Lost Art of Finding Our Way puts us in the shoes, ships, and sleds of early navigators for whom paying close attention to the environment around them was, quite literally, a matter of life and death. Haunted by the fate of two young kayakers lost in a fog bank off Nantucket, Huth shows us how to navigate using natural phenomena—the way the Vikings used the sunstone to detect polarization of sunlight, and Arab traders learned to sail into the wind, and Pacific Islanders used underwater lightning and “read” waves to guide their explorations. Huth reminds us that we are all navigators capable of learning techniques ranging from the simplest to the most sophisticated skills of direction-finding. Even today, careful observation of the sun and moon, tides and ocean currents, weather and atmospheric effects can be all we need to find our way. Lavishly illustrated with nearly 200 specially prepared drawings, Huth’s compelling account of the cultures of navigation will engross readers in a narrative that is part scientific treatise, part personal travelogue, and part vivid re-creation of navigational history. Seeing through the eyes of past voyagers, we bring our own world into sharper view.