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Record Number: 45906 Author(s)/Creator(s): Contributor(s): Title: Thorfin Karlsefni in Vinland Source: The Viking Age: A Reader.  Edited by Angus A. Somerville and R. Andrew McDonald.  University of Toronto Press, 2020.  Pages 328 - 330. Description: This excerpt from the Saga of the Greenlanders includes a story about Thorfin's wife, Gudrun Thorbjarnardottir, who traveled to Vineland with a group of sixty men and four other women. Article Type: Translation Subject (See Also): Americas Gudrid Thorbjarnardottir Sagas Travel Vikings Award Note: Geographic Area: North America; Scandinavia Century: 10- 11, 14 Primary Evidence: Illustrations: Table: Abstract: Related Resources: The text is trans. A.A. Somerville, from Groenlendinga saga, in Eyrbyggja saga, ed. Einar Ól. Sveinsson and Matthías Þórðarson, Íslenzk fornrit IV (Reykjavík, 1935), pp. 260-64, 268-69. Author's Affiliation: Brock University [McDonald and Somerville-Retired from the English Department] Conference Info: - , - Year of Publication: 2020. Language: English ISSN/ISBN: 9781487570477 (pbk); 9781487570491 (ePub); 9781487570507 (PDF)

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