You think women developed an interest in travel only recently? Think again. If you're looking for some interesting reading try this on for size: "The Far Traveler: Voyages of a Viking Women".

Here's the synopsis: Five hundred years before Columbus, a Viking women named Gudrid sailed off the edge of the know world. She landed in the New World and lived there for three years, giving birth to a baby before sailing home. Drawing upon modern science and ancient sagas, The Far Traveler is the story of Gudrid and her world.