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 M¢25  Funded By Mahalo ? |  October 12, 2009 02:52 PM

What are the known Viking migrations to North or South America and when did these migration occur?

Who were the Vikings?
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October 13, 2009 12:30 AM
The known Viking migration to North America would be located in the Northern tip of Newfoundland.
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L'Anse aux Meadows is the only authenticated Viking site in North America. It was established 1000 years ago by the explorer Leif Eiriksson during his adventures in eastern North America - 500 years before Columbus' exploits in the "New World". The site was rediscovered by Helge Ingstad and his wife Anne Stine in 1960.
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information wuoted from http://www.infohub.com/ARTICLES/20000327.html

Who were the Vikings?
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A Viking (pron. /ˈvəɪkɪŋ/) is one of the Norse (Scandinavian) explorers, warriors, merchants, and pirates who raided and colonized wide areas of Europe from the late eighth to the early eleventh century.1 These Norsemen used their famed longships to travel as far east as Constantinople and the Volga River in Russia, and as far west as Iceland, Greenland, and Newfoundland. This period of Viking expansion is known as the Viking Age, and forms a major part of the medieval history of Scandinavia, Britain, Ireland and the rest of Europe in general.
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information quoted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikings

this link here is quite interesting good read about the Indians and the Vikings
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=2d85eff3-0a38-43ff-90e4-173a39e7d521
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http://www.infohub.com/ARTICLES/20000327.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikings

http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=2d85eff3-0a38-43ff...


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October 13, 2009 01:57 AM
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The first known Europeans to reach the Americas were the Vikings (Norse) during the 11th century, who established several colonies in Greenland and one short-lived settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows (51°N) in the area the
Norse called Vinland, present day Newfoundland. Settlements in Greenland survived for several centuries, during which time the Greenland Norse and the Inuit people experienced mostly hostile contact. By the end of the 15th century, the Norse Greenland settlements had collapsed1.
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Did the Mound builders have European features?

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