In the 13th-century Groenlendinga saga provides speculative accounts of the exploration of Vinland who obtained its name from the grapevines (vinber) which were found there.
In 1960, the archaeological testimony of Norse settlement in North America discoverd at L'Anse aux Meadows on the tip of the island of Newfoundland. Vinland was the name given to North America as it was explored by the Vikings, probably by combining both Newfoundland and the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.
The name 'Viking' originates from the language known as 'Old Norse' which means 'a pirate raid'
Through a series of travels and expeditions throughout the Viking Age from 793 to 1066 AD, the Vikings eventually settled in** Vinland**, a region in North America.
During the Viking Age, a large number of nautical endeavors were carried out by Scandinavian mariners known as Vikings. Their highly developed shipbuilding and navigational abilities enabled them to sail across the North Atlantic and land in diverse lands.
The Vikings' knowledge of Vinland had no lasting influence on European discovery or New World settlement, despite their early exploration and brief tenure there.
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The Vikings, led by Leif Erikson, established Vinland around 1000 AD after discovering the land during exploratory voyages from Greenland. They named it Vinland due to the wild grapes found there, but faced conflicts with Indigenous peoples and ultimately abandoned the area. Archaeological evidence from sites like L'Anse aux Meadows confirms Viking presence in North America before Columbus.
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