Vinland
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vinland-187-9717482
title:
Vinland
text:
Vinland, Vineland, or Winland was an area of coastal North America explored by Vikings. Leif Eriksson landed there around 1000 AD, nearly five centuries before the voyages of Christopher Columbus and John Cabot. The name appears in the Vinland Sagas, and describes Newfoundland and the Gulf of Saint Lawrence as far as northeastern New Brunswick. Much of the geographical content of the sagas corresponds to present-day knowledge of transatlantic travel and North America. In 1960, archaeological evi
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Area of coastal Canada explored by Norse Vikings
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinland
date created:
2001-08-30T13:11:50Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T12:11:23Z
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