Summary of Egill Bjarnason's How Iceland Changed the World

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 The Vikings had discovered Greenland in the search for more land, and turned its stock of walrus and narwhals into a global enterprise. They had then launched even farther west, and discovered sailing routes from Europe to North America five hundred years before Columbus. #2 The story of Iceland begins with exile. Like many people, I used to romanticize stormy ocean crossings. But during my own sea crossing, I