Wulfstan's Voyage: The Baltic Sea Region in the early Viking Age as seen from shipboard: 2 (Maritime Culture of the North) - Hardcover

Wulfstans Voyage is a welcome addition to the literature on the lands round the Baltic Sea in the early Middle Ages and it also presents a fresh study of an important, brief geographical text. With a wealth of information in the text, the volume also is lavishly illustrated with photographs, maps, and charts.' -- International Journal of Maritime History International Journal of Maritime History This volume refocuses our attention on the importance of the maritime and littoral regions of northern medieval Europe, and more specifically the Mare Balticum.' -- Antiquity Antiquity [...]a valuable overview of our present knowledge of seafaring and life in the coastal areas around the southern Baltic Sea in the ninth and tenth centuries.' -- The Northern Mariner/le marin du nord The Northern Mariner/le marin du nord

Following on from the success of Ohthere's Voyages , this volume presents Wulfstan's account of a voyage along the east-west axis of the Baltic Sea, providing a rare and vivid view of the early Viking Age.