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The Vikings, pt. 2 -- Into Distant Realms

Historiansplaining: A historian tells you why everything you know is wrong

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The Seagulling Warships

Viking ship builders used the abundant timber around Scandinavia including many curved trunks and bows which they could then shape and assemble into finely crafted ships. The seagulling warships had several important features which have been examined and discovered over the last hundred years because several ships have been found preserved some in burials especially in Norway and Sweden, others sunk at undersea sites in Denmark. These ships were very long and narrow making them fast moving with the ability to break waves. They carry crews of about 40 to 70 people and the gun whale or upper edge of the hull had a so called shield baton on which fighters could hang their shields.

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