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[Page 2] Boston Public Ubraiy Boston, MA 02116 [Page 4] Author: Andrew Langley is the author of a large number of non-tlction books for both children and adults, many of them on historical subjects. He lives in Bath, England. Artist: David Antram was born in Brighton, England, in 1958. He studied at Eastbourne College of Art and then worked in advertising for 15 years before becoming a full-time artist. He has illustrated many children's non-fiction books. Series Creator: David Salariya was bom in Dundee, Scotland. He has illustrated a wide range of books and has created and designed many new series for publishers both in the IJ.K. ai^fl.overseas. In 1989 he established The Salariya Book Company. He lives in Brighton with his wife, the illustrator Shirley Willis, and their son Jonathan. Editor: Karen Barker Smit Editorial Assistant: Stephanie Cole ^3 © The Salariya Book Company Ltd MM All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the written permission of the copyright owner. Created, designed and produced by The Salariya Book Company Ltd 25 Marlborough Place, Brighton BNl lUB ISBN 0-531-14599-9 (Lib. Bdg.) ISBN 0-531-16205-2 (Pbk.) Published in America by Franklin Watts Grolier Publishing Co., Inc. 90 Sherman Turnpike, Danbury, CT 06816 Visit Franklin Watts on the internet at: http://publishing.grolier.com A CIP catalog record for this title is available from the Library of Congress. Printed and bound in China. <^^g. Reprinted in 2006. [Page 5] r Voyages y^uM l^tli^^p Ti€ Mal:e Written by Andrew Langley Illustrated by David Antram Created and designed by David Salariya w FRANKLIN WATTS A Division of Grolier Publishing NEW YC^K • bONTON • HONCi KONG • SYDNEY DANBURY, UONNECTICUT [Page 6] CipeenlanJ: L^oalring fgr aVay Out 6 bailing A>vay lo Inf 9 t[,e Un}.Tig\vn 12 Last! Prfting a f eg 14 Lan^ at La?it! TupF ar»^ TifflUr*. Buirtng a Settletnent 18 Viirfer in 20 you're i\Iosne! T|ie §1craeling5 22 Hunting an»^ goring ^mil 24 Tjntler Attacli % Gaing Hatne _ 28 Gl^asary 30 In4x 32 [Page 7] he Viking people originally lived in small communities in Scandinavia in northern Europe, raising crops and livestock, fishing, and trading goods with their neighbors. Each community was ruled by a king or chieftain. By about A.D. 790 the population had grown too large, so the Vikings began to explore other lands in search of territory and booty. Raiders crossed the sea to attack England, Ireland, and Scotland. With their swift long ships and bloodthirsty ways, they terrified coastal villages and seized large areas of land. By the 850s, the Vikings of Sweden and Norway had established powerful trading towns in northern Europe. Norwegian settlers began to colonize Iceland, where the climate was much like their homeland's, and a century later, a Viking called Erik the Red reached Greenland and set up a new colony. In the 10th century, Leif Ericsson was the first Viking to