As chronicled in the Sagas of Icelanders, Norwegian sailors (often called Vikings) founded two small colonies near the northernmost tip of Newfoundland, Canada, and a second site in southwestern Newfoundland.Archaeological sites centuries later place these early settlements and the attempted colony of Vinland on North American soil by Leif Erikson in 1003, more than 500 years ahead of Ch...
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