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Photo shows the longboat "Viking", a replica of the "Gokstad", which sailed to New York City in A.D. 1893 before going to the World's Columbian Exposition at Chicago. Built in Norway, the Viking was sailed across the Atlantic to demonstrate that Leif Erikson could have reached Vinland c. A.D. 1000. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 32369.
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- Athena Minerva
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- Wyldspace
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- 41
- Original Title
- Viking Longboat
- Artist
- Detroit Publishing Co. collection at the Library of Congress.
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