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The Vikings in Brittany - Viking Society Web Publications
The Vikings in Brittany - Viking Society Web Publications

Chapter 20: The Vikings, 900 A.D.
Chapter 20: The Vikings, 900 A.D.

... adventurer named Erik the Red, they founded a colony on the island of Greenland in 986. Then, Erik’s son, Leif Eriksson (lēf er’ ik suhn), landed on the northeast coast of North America. He and his followers named the spot where they landed Vinland because of the wild grapes they found growing ther ...
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Viking expansion



Viking expansion is the process by which the Vikings sailed most of the North Atlantic, reaching south to North Africa and east to Russia, Constantinople and the Middle East, as looters, traders, colonists, and mercenaries. Vikings under Leif Ericson, heir to Erik the Red, reached North America, and set up a short-lived settlement in present-day L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Longer, more established settlements were formed in Greenland, Iceland, Great Britain, and Normandy
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