The North Atlantic World
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The North Atlantic World

By Santiago MachainNarrated by Santiago Machain
Length6h 28m

About this audiobook

In the cold reaches of the North Atlantic, Viking ambition pushed beyond familiar shores and into one of the most challenging frontiers of the medieval world. The North Atlantic World follows the Norse expansion from the windswept Faroe Islands to Iceland, Greenland, and the distant shores of Vinland, revealing how sailors, settlers, poets, lawmakers, outlaws, and families transformed remote ocean spaces into living societies. This volume explores the settlement of Iceland, the rise of the Althing, the saga tradition, the founding of Greenland by Erik the Red, and Leif Erikson's remarkable voyage to North America. It also examines the harsh realities of life near the Arctic, the encounters between Norse explorers and Indigenous peoples, and the limits that eventually stopped Viking expansion. Rich in history, atmosphere, and human drama, this book presents the North Atlantic not as an empty wilderness, but as a world of courage, adaptation, memory, and survival.

Audiobook details

GenreHistory
Length6 hrs 28 mins
Narrated bySantiago Machain
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateJul 19, 2026
LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

11-intro
8C7
2C1
9C8
3C2
10C9
4C3
11C10
5C4
12C11
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6C5
13C12
7C6
14The-End

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