The Sea Stallion from Glendalough / Havhingsten Fra Glendalough: Roskilde - Dublin 2007, Pictures of a Trial Voyage
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| Rating | : | 4.74 (604 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 8785180459 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 148 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-10-23 |
| Language | : | English, Danish |
DESCRIPTION:
photographs by Werner Karrasch
Building and testing reconstructions of the ships is an important part of the Viking Ship Museum's research. 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. 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. This full-colour book of photographs magnificently documents this extraordinary voyage, allowing the reader to participate in every aspect of the journey.
It brings us as close to the feelings of being on a Norse sea voyage as most of us are ever likely to come.' (Edward Von der Porten Ships in Scale, July/August 2010) . Sea Stallion is a visual reference to our seafaring past, something that catches the eye and excites the imagination of a great many people. But there is more to this than research. 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 amoun
Gorgeous - makes you wish you could have been there. 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