The Sea Stallion from Glendalough / Havhingsten Fra Glendalough: Roskilde - Dublin 2007, Pictures of a Trial Voyage
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| Rating | : | 4.25 (831 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 8785180459 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 148 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-04-20 |
| Language | : | English, Danish |
DESCRIPTION:
"Gorgeous - makes you wish you could have been there." according to R. Mork. For what it is, this book is awesome.It's a coffee table format, and every page has gloriously colored, elegantly composed large-scale color images of the ship, its crew and what it would be like to have sailed it across the open sea. Really couldn't be nicer.The only thing I wish it had was a lot more text to go along with the images. The only text provided is a short introduction and a very short caption identifying each picture.But for what it is, it's unabashedly a 5-star book!
photographs by Werner Karrasch
Building and testing reconstructions of the ships is an important part of the Viking Ship Museum's research. In the late 11th century, the ship was used as part of a blockade in Roskilde Fjord, and in 1962, five ships from here were excavated. Today, the Skuldelev 2 is on display in The Viking Ship Hall (Roskilde), where it bears witness to the historical connection between Denmark and Ireland. The journey of the Sea Stallion from Glendalough covered 1200 nautical miles, from Roskilde to Dublin. This full-colour book of photographs magnificently documents this extraordinary voyage, allowing the reader to participate in every aspect of the journey.
a remarkable introduction to Viking ships and seafaring Rarely has so much information been distilled so effectively and so many answers given to questions the inquisitive reader is likely to askthis book is a treat.' (Edward Von der Porten Ships in Scale, Sept/Oct 2008)Sea Stallion embodies an incredible amount of archaeological, historical, and practical research conducted over the last forty years. Sea Stallion is a visual reference to our seafaring past, something that catches the eye and excites the imagination of a great many people. This book makes that excitement much more portable, so others, not so lucky as to have sailed aboard, can share it.' (Lawrence E. But there is more to this than