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From: ned boyajian< >
Subject: German w/ Viking in VINLAND?
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 1997 18:54:27 GMT


Hi. My memory ain't what it used to be. In one of the Icelandic Sagas
about the Greenlanders' expedition to America "Vinland" there was a passage
about a German who was with them finding grape vines. I realize that there's
some dispute over whether this particular episode occurred, but that's
not my question. What I'd like to know is which Saga it was in (and a
publisher/date of pub in English, if possible) and what the German's name
was. Any help would be much appreciated.

Cheers,

Ned

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