Viking Expansion Northwards: Mediaeval Sources
ABSTRACT. Evidence for Scandinavian activities in the northwestern part of the Barents Sea is scanty; according to the Annals, Svalbar (i) was discovered in 1194, but the entry refers to Jan Mayen rather than present-day Svalbard/Spitsbergen. By contrast, the southern fringe of the Barents Sea was m...
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| Online Access: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.545.6516 http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic48-3-235.pdf |