The Frozen Echo - by Kirsten A Seaver (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Using new archaeological, scientific, and documentary information this book confronts head-on many of the unanswered questions about early exploration and colonization along the shores of the Davis Strait.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Using new archaeological, scientific, and documentary information this book confronts head-on many of the unanswered questions about early exploration and colonization along the shores of the Davis Strait.<p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>"This is a fascinating book, not only for those engaged in Atlantic studies or early American history. The clear and precise text, the skillful management of complex themes, and above all the sympathetic approach to human endeavors, coupled with a skeptical view of earlier theories and an open mind to new ideas, make it as easy to read as a novel."--The Times Higher Education Supplement<br>"Of major importance, this book fills a serious gap in scholarly studies of European expansion. It brings new understandings to the relationships between Norse discoveries and the great voyages of Renaissance discovery in the North Atlantic. Furthermore, it is fascinating reading, written in a lively and very readable style. It should interest the general public and amateur historians as well as scholars."--Dr. Helen Walls, British Map Library, British Museum<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>For many aspiring writers, this book might well be a model of how to put across a complex theme in an easy-to-read manner. It is sure to provide much new information even to those who specialize in the North Atlantic, and provide topics for discussion, disagreement, and thought, as any well-researched book should do.--<i>Journal of the International Map Collector's Society</i><br><br>Of major importance, this book fills a serious gap in scholarly studies of European expansion. It brings new understandings to the relationships between Norse discoveries and the great voyages of Renaissance discovery in the North Atlantic. Furthermore, it is fascinating reading, written in a lively and very readable style. It should interest the general public and amateur historians as well as scholars.--Dr. Helen Walls, British Map Library "British Museum"<br><br>This is a fascinating book, not only for those engaged in Atlantic studies or early American history. The clear and precise text, the skillful management of complex themes, and above all the sympathetic approach to human endeavors, coupled with a skeptical view of earlier theories and an open mind to new ideas, make it as easy to read as a novel.--<i>The Times Higher Education Supplement</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Kirsten A. Seaver is the translator of the nineteenth-century Norwegian novel <i>The district Governor's Daughter, </i> by Camilla Collett
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