Saint Brendan
Region | Occupation | Born | Died |
---|---|---|---|
Europe | Explorer, Cartographer | 489 | 570 |
Sailed from native Ireland around 560 AD with fellow monks in a coragh, possibly reaching Iceland. His travels described in 10th-century ms., Navigatio Sancti Brendani. His travels reenacted by Tim Severin in 1976
Sources
Robert A. McCaughey The Voyage of Saint Brendan The Brendan VoyageImages
Public Domain Source
Related Documents
Navigatio Sancti BrendaniCompiler
Peter Richards