Viking Longship

Viking Longships evolved from one-man canoes of the Scandinavian Stone Age, through wood-built ships of around 200 BC into the recognizable longboats of the 4th century AD. From this point, the Viking Longship developed into the pre-eminent raider and trader in the North Sea and Baltic, venturing as far as the Mediterranean, North Atlantic, and modern-day Russia. Keith Durham uses reconstructions, original sources, translations, and archaeological evidence to vividly depict the vessels that dominated Scandinavia's seaways, founding colonies on Iceland, Greenland, and the New World, and terrorizing the coastlines of northern Europe. The book also covers Norman vessels, including William the Conqueror's invasion fleet.