THE CALL OF THE SEA Between the eighth and 11th centuries, thousands of Scandinavians quit their homelands in search of adventure
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THE VIKINGS HISTORY’S GREATEST EXPLORERS
Though they might have a reputation as barbaric heathens, the Vikings were the European Dark Ages’ most ambitious and advanced people. As masters of the sea, fearless explorers, ruthless raiders and successful traders, they tore up the map of the ancient world and drew themselves a new one – much of which remains familiar in modern atlases.