Race, Religion and the Medieval Norse Discovery of America
In 1837, Danish philologist Carl Christian Rafn published <i>Antiquitates Americanæ</i>, which introduced Americans to the Vinland sagas—medieval texts that suggest that Norse explorers “discovered” North America around the turn of the first millennium. Rafn, who saw it as his mission to...
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MDPI AG
2024-09-01
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/15/9/1084 |