World’s Story Volume VIII: Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, Greenland And The Search For The Poles

World’s Story Volume VIII: Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, Greenland and the Search for the Poles
by Eva March Tappan

This volume of 'The World's Story' series delves into the history and culture of Scandinavia, focusing on Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, and Greenland. It encompasses a wide range of topics, including excerpts from the Eddas, the Viking Age, the struggles of Scandinavian kings for power, and the historic quest to reach the North and South Poles. The book uses a combination of prose, poetry, and illustrations to present a comprehensive picture of these regions and their contributions to world history.

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History Medieval Vikings Denmark Greenland Iceland Norse Mythology Sweden Scandinavia Polar Exploration Norway Eddas

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Eva March Tappan

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Eva March Tappan was a teacher and American author born in Blackstone, Massachusetts, the only child of Reverend Edmund March Tappan and Lucretia Logée. Eva g...

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1: The humiliating entry of Sonnavater and Knut into Stockholm, by C. G. Hellquist, (Swedish artist, 1851-1890), painting frontispiece

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1: The humiliating entry of Sonnavater and Knut into Stockholm, by C. G. Hellquist, (Swedish artist, 1851-1890), painting frontispiece

2: Norway Part I: Stories from Scandinavian mythology: Historical note

3: The wolf Fenris, from the Younger Edda

4: The horse Sleipnir, from the Younger Edda

5: Thor fishes for the Midgard Serpent, from the Younger Edda

6: Thor among the giants, from the Younger Edda

7: The death of Balder, from the Younger Edda

8: Proverbs from the Eddas

9: Boinnis Glacier and river, photograph p. 28

10: Norway Part II: Tales of the sea-rovers: Historical note

11: The discoverer of the North Cape (about 890), by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

12: The story of Hakon the Good (934-961), from the Heimskringla

13: Stories of Olaf Tryggvason (king of Norway from 996 to 1000)

14: Iron-Beard, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

15: Stories of Olaf the Saint (1015-1030)

16: The ancient church of Göl, photograph p. 76

17: King Magnus, who was reformed by a poem (reigned from 1035-1047), by Hjalmar H. Boyesen

18: How King Harald Hard-Ruler gave his treasure for his life (1049), by Hjalmar H. Boyesen

19: How King Sigurd smoked out the pirates (1107), from the Heimskringla

20: Birchlegs carrying King Hakon, by Knut Bergslien (Norwegian painter, born 1827), painting p. 88

21: Norway Part III: Life in the Far North: Historical note

22: Finn blood (nineteenth century), by Jonas Lie

23: A home in the North, photograph p. 92

24: The Naerodal and Jordalsnut, photograph p. 100

25: How the Laplanders live, by A. F. Mockler-Ferryman

26: Market day in the Far North, photograph p. 106

27: The music of Ole Bull, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

28: Sweden Part I: Stories of Viking life and adventure: Historical note

29: The hall of the early chiefs, by Henry Morley

30: How the Swedes elected their king, by Neander N. Cronholm

31: How the Swedes learned of Christianity (850), by S. Baring-Gould

32: How Ragnar Lodbrog won a wife and a nickname, by Saxo Grammaticus

33: The defeat of the Jomsburg Vikings (983), by Neander N. Cronholm

34: Sigrid the Haughty (about 988-1000)

35: Sweden Part II: Tales from Swedish history: Historical note

36: The blood-bath of Stockholm (1520), by William Widgery Thomas, Jr.

37: Gustavus Vasa, the saviour of Sweden (1520), by William Widgery Thomas, Jr.

38: The marriage of Gustavus Vasa (1523), by Wilhelm Jensen

39: Gustavus Adolphus at Lützen (1632), by Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller

40: The battle-song of Gustavus Adolphus, by Michael Altenburg

41: The crossing of the Little Belt (1658), by Z. Topelius

42: How the ''Madman of the North'' defended himself at Bender (1713), by François Marie Arouet Voltaire

43: Bringing home the body of Charles XII, by Gustav Olaf Cederström (Swedish painter, 1845), painting p. 208

44: The Nobel Prize, by Vance Thompson

45: Denmark Part I: Tales of the Dark Ages: Historical note

46: The ghost of Hamlet's father, by William Shakespeare

47: The play scene in ''Hamlet'', by Daniel Maclise (Irish painter, 1806-1870), painting p. 234

48: The slaying of the monster Grendel, retold by Florence Holbrook (from ''Beowulf'', an ancient epic poem of Denmark)

49: How King Rorik regained the tribute, by Saxo Grammaticus

50: The speaking of Prince Uffe the Speechless, by Saxo Grammaticus

51: The letter of King Canute (1027)

52: Waldemar Atterdag and the Hansa (1361), by Helen Zimmerman

53: Denmark Part II: Folk-stories and legends: Historical note

54: King Volmer and Elsie, by John G. Whittier (after the Danish of Christian Winter)

55: The King of Denmark's ride, by Caroline Norton

56: Molboer stories

57: Denmark Part III: Scenes from Danish history: Historical note

58: The ''Madman of the North'' overcomes Copenhagen (1700), by François Marie Arouet Voltaire

59: King Christian (1677-1730), by Johannes Evald

60: Stories of Tordenskjöld the great Danish admiral (early eighteenth century)

61: The fall of Queen Caroline Mathilda (1772), by G. Hesekiel, from the memoirs of Baron Simolin

62: Hans Christian Andersen as a boy, by himself

63: Iceland Part I: In Saga times: Historical note

64: How the Sagas came to be written, by Sabine Baring-Gould

65: How the early Icelanders dressed, by J. Fulford Vicary

66: Paying visits in Saga time, by J. Fulford Vicary

67: How the laws were made in Saga time

68: Iceland Part II: Stories from the Icelandic Sagas: Historical note

69: The Irish in Thule (eighth century), from the Saga of Olaf Tryggvason

70: Glum and his man Ingolf (about 950), from ''Viga-Glum's Saga''

71: How Kjartan of Iceland became a Christian (about 1000), from the Laxdaeler's Saga

72: Thangbrand the priest (about 1000), by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

73: How Grettir the outlaw saved the farmhouse (early eleventh century), from the Saga of Grettir the Strong, rewritten by Sabine Baring-Gould

74: The burning of Njal (1014), from the Saga of Burnt Njal

75: How the boy Sigurd won the horse Greyfell, by William Morris

76: Iceland Part III: Iceland and its people: Historical note

77: The fire mountains of Iceland (1783), by Lord Dufferin

78: Climbing Mount Hekla (1854), by Pliny Miles

79: Waiting for the Great Geyser to spout (1874), by Bayard Taylor

80: How Icelandic children get their surnames, by Mrs Disney Leith

81: Greenland Part I: Stories from the history of Greenland: Historical note

82: How Eric the Red came to Greenland (983), by Dr. Isaac I. Hayes

83: How the Greenlanders got a bishop (1126), by Dr. Isaac I. Hayes

84: The search for the lost colonies of Greenland (1579-1671), by Dr. Henry Rink

85: The apostle to Greenland (1721-1736), by Jacob A. Riis

86: A model parliament, by Dr. Isaac I. Hayes

87: Greenland Part II: Stories of life in Greenland: Historical note

88: Greenland customs of two centuries ago, by Hans Egede

89: How to build a ''woman's boat'', by Dr. Isaac I. Hayes

90: The Eskimos and their ways, from the Cornhill magazine

91: The farewell of the Greenlanders, from the Cornhill magazine

92: What is an iceberg ?, by Dr. Isaac I. Hayes

93: Escaping from a glacier, by Dr. Isaac I. Hayes

94: The search for the Poles Part I: Adventures in the frozen North: Historical note

95: Spitzbergen, the island that belongs to no one, by Lord Dufferin

96: Fifteen hundred miles of floating ice (1871-1872), by Hans Hendrik

97: How to build a snow-hut, by Roald Amundsen

98: The Northwest Passage, by Sir John Everett Millais (English painter, 1829-1896), painting p. 518

99: Paying a call in the Northwest Passage (1906), by Roald Amundsen

100: The search for the Poles Part II: The North Pole: Historical note

101: The fate of Sir John Franklin (1849), by Elizabeth Doten

102: A balloon search for the North Pole (1897), by G. Firth Scott

103: The attack of the ice (1893), by Fridtjof Nansen

104: The discovery of the North Pole (1909), by Admiral Robert E. Peary

105: Admiral Peary in his North-Pole costume, photograph p. 546

106: The search for the Poles Part III: The South Pole: Historical note

107: In Antarctic winter quarters (1908-1909), by Sir Ernest H. Shackleton

108: Norway at the South Pole (1911), by Roald Amundsen

109: At the South Pole, photograph p. 574

110: The rivals in the Antarctic (1911), from Harper's Weekly

111: Captain Scott's last message (1912), by Robert F. Scott

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