From Iceland to New Iceland: An archaeology of migration, continuity and change in the late 19th and early 20th centuries - Paperbackby ? g? sta Edwald Maxwell (Author) In 1876 P? ll Gunnlaugsson and Nanna J? nsd? ttir auctioned off their belongings and emigrated from Iceland to North America with their two young sons. A year earlier, J? n Guttormsson and P? l? na Ketilsd? ttir emigrated from a different Icelandic fjord with their young son Vigf? s and settled in New Iceland, Canada. This book looks at the processes of migration and settlement, and the cultural changes and