Provenance of the Vinland Map is murky. According to Connecticut ... archaeologists announced they had found proof of Vikings reaching the Americas, with the remains of a Norse encampment being ...
Here he offers his insights into what drove the Vikings on their global explorations, how Norse scholars today view the Vinland Map, and more. NOVA: What did the Vikings actually do in their ...
He called the new country Vinland because it had grape vines. In this area of Canada, in a place called evidence L'Anse aux Meadows, archaeologists have discovered evidence of a Viking settlement ...