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    The Norse exploration of North America began in the late 10th century, when Norsemen explored areas of the North Atlantic colonizing Greenland and creating...
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    cultures - took place. Norse colonization of North America Vinland History of North America Hickey, Raymond (2013-04-24). The Handbook of Language Contact....
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  • until the 15th century. c. 1350: The Norse Western Settlement in Greenland was abandoned. 1354: King Magnus of Sweden and Norway authorised Paul Knutson...
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  • and Portugal. See also the European colonization of the Americas. According to the Sagas of Icelanders, Norse sailors (often called Vikings) from Iceland...
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    Carl Christian Rafn (category Members of the American Antiquarian Society)
    advocacy of the recognition of Norse colonization of North America. Carl Christian Rafn was born in Brahesborg on the island of Fyn in Funen County, Denmark....
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  • Bjarni Herjólfsson sights coast of North America, but doesn't land (see also Norse colonization of the Americas). c. 1000: Norse settle briefly in L'Anse aux...
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    Thorfinn Karlsefni (category Norse colonization of North America)
    exact location of Thorfinn's colony is unknown, though it may have been the Norse settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland. The relatively few women...
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  • Saga may refer to: Norse colonization of North America Vinland sagas, two Icelandic documents detailing the discovery and exploration of Vinland by Erik...
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    within the period during which the Norse lived in Greenland (10th to 15th centuries) and could have visited North America. The penny's coastal origin has...
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    Skræling (category Norse colonization of North America)
    (Old Norse and Icelandic: skrælingi, plural skrælingjar) is the name the Norse Greenlanders used for the peoples they encountered in North America (Canada...
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    Vitus Bering to explore the North Pacific for potential colonization. The Russians were primarily interested in the abundance of fur-bearing mammals on Alaska's...
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    contemporary Norway Islamophobia in Norway Nordicism Norse colonization of North America Norwegianization of the Sámi Scandinavian colonialism "Racism in the...
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    Bjarni Herjólfsson (category Norse colonization of North America)
    10th century) was a Norse-Icelandic explorer who is believed to be the first known European discoverer of the mainland of the Americas, which he sighted...
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    The Saga of Erik the Red, in Old Norse: Eiríks saga rauða (listen), is an Icelandic saga on the Norse exploration of North America. The original saga...
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    Greenlandic Norse is an extinct North Germanic language that was spoken in the Norse settlements of Greenland until their demise in the late 15th century...
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    thereafter supervised the attempted Norse colonization of North America. While Vikings were raiding the rest of Europe, their own Scandinavian homeland...
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    Ancestral Pueblo Great House. 1000: Discovery of Vinland by Leif Ericson and Norse colonization of North America. 1000–1200: Acoma Pueblo and Old Oraibi are...
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    Kensington Runestone (category Norse colonization of North America)
    11th century, but no other widely accepted material evidence of Norse contact with the Americas in the pre-Columbian era has yet emerged. Still, there is...
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  • Transatlantic migration (category European colonization of the Americas)
    the Americas in 1492. For earlier Transatlantic crossings, see: Norse colonization of North America and Theory of Phoenician discovery of the Americas. The...
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    Thorvald Eiriksson (category Norse colonization of North America)
    (Old Norse: Þórvaldr Eiríksson [ˈθoːrˌwɑldr ˈɛiˌriːksˌson]; Modern Icelandic: Þorvaldur Eiríksson [ˈθɔrˌvaltʏr ˈeiːˌriksˌsɔːn]) was the son of Erik the...
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    Newport Tower (Rhode Island) (category Norse colonization of North America)
    southward extent of the early Norse explorations of North America, particularly in regard to the actual location of Vinland. Rafn's popularization of the theory...
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  • Snorri Þorbrandsson (category Norse colonization of North America)
    perished in battle against the skrælings, the Indigenous peoples of the Americas), during Karlsefni's trip to Vinland. "Eyrbyggja saga". wordpress.com....
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    Site Danish India (Tranquebar) Dutch colonization of the Americas History of Denmark History of Greenland History of Norway Virgin Islands National Park...
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    of the Greenlanders) is one of the sagas of Icelanders. Like the Saga of Erik the Red, it is one of the two main sources on the Norse colonization of...
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    archaeology of the Americas is the study of the archaeology of the Western Hemisphere, including North America (Mesoamerica), Central America, South America and...
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  • Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir (category Norse colonization of North America)
    Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir (Old Norse: Guðríðr víðfǫrla Þorbjarnardóttir [ˈɡuðˌfriːðr ˈwiːðˌfɔrlɑ ˈθorˌbjɑrnɑrˌdoːtːer]; Modern Icelandic: Guðríður víðförla...
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    Great Ireland (category Norse colonization of North America)
    New History of North America. Skyhorse Pub. p. 243. ISBN 9781616082376. Fossum, Andrew (1923). "The Norse discovery of America". Journal of the Royal Astronomical...
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    and the early 19th century. The Norse had explored and colonized areas of Europe and the North Atlantic, colonizing Greenland and creating a short term...
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    that "sound is the nigger of the world" and "audio is the nigger of the world". Nordicism Norse colonization of North America Scandinavian colonialism...
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    Leif Erikson Day (category Norse colonization of North America)
    Norse: Leifr Eiríksson), the Norse explorer who, in approximately 1000, led the first Europeans believed to have set foot on the continent of North America...
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