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Around year 1000 the vikings' went to Vinland, which was their name for North America.

You can read about it in two sagas:

The Saga of Erik the Red (Eiríks saga rauða) has a description of Erik's son Leif leading an expedition to Vinland:

https://www.sagadb.org/eiriks_saga_rauda.en

The Greenland Saga (Grænlendinga saga) has more information on the journey if you can read Icelandic, but there is no English translation in this database at the moment.

The actual discovery was not by Erik but by an earlier voyage around 985 by Bjarni, who navigated the coast but decided not to enter the unknown land. The later voyage was inspired by his information.

The vikings considered the journey from Greenland to Vinland the most dangerous journey in their trading network, navigating storms and icebergs in their open boats. However, Vinland provided a source of valuable wood, a scarce resource around their homes in Greenland.

There is archeological evidence of their visits on Newfoundland. You can visit their site in L'Anse aux Meadows with distinct viking houses and metal artefacts:

https://www.newfoundlandlabrador.com/top-destinations/lanse-...




I didn't knew that, til I went there as Eivor (Assassins Creed Valhalla) (: It actually was a vivid introduction also into the Viking sagas.


eivor is a female name and rather strange use in that game, even tho they hired experts such as Jackson Crawford.




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