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Make Your Own Viking Ship (British Museum make your own cut-out models)
Make Your Own Viking Ship - British Museum make your own cut-out models Author:British Museum Press This model is based on a Viking ship which was build around 800 AD, became the burial place of a princess, and was dug up at Oseberg on the edge of the Oslo fjord in Norway. The Vikings built such splendid, seaworthy ships that they were able to sail as far as Greenland and America. They were often very large, up to 100ft long and they were usua... more »lly sailed, but could be rowed for quick hit-and-urn raids. They were all light in construction and built out of overlapping planks of wood that were held together with iron rivets. They had deep keels and sturdy stem- and stern-posts that were sometimes decorated with fine carvings. On the deck of the "Viking Ship Cut-Out Model" the Earl, crew, look-out, and bowman can been seen. The crew are shown doing general repairs, coiling rope, wresting, eating and drinking.« less