Viking marauders in their longships burst through the defences of
ninth-century Europe, striking terror into the hearts of peasants and
rulers alike for two centuries. But the Vikings were more than just
marine warriors and this atlas shows their development as traders and
craftsmen, explorers, settlers and mercenaries. With over sixty full
colour maps, it follows the tracks of the Viking merchants who travelled
deep into Russia, of Viking mercenaries who served in the emperor's
bodyguard at Constantinople, and Viking mariners who sailed beyond the
edge of the known world to North America.