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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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    and temporarily settle North America. It is assumed that they developed their own language that is referred to as Greenlandic Norse, not to be confused with...
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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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    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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    Thorfinn Karlsefni (category Norse colonization of North America)
    have been the Norse settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland. Excavations of Thorfinn's home in Greenland in 1930 revealed a deposit of anthracite...
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  • Saga may refer to: Norse colonization of North America Vinland sagas, two Icelandic texts telling of the discovery and exploration of Vinland by Erik the...
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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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    contemporary Norway Islamophobia in Norway Nordicism Norse colonization of North America Norwegianization of the Sámi Nordic colonialism Racism in Denmark Racism...
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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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  • 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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    Józef Tkaczuk (category Cultural history of Poland)
    everyman, describing the graffiti's appearance during the Norse colonization of North America, when Yuri Gagarin travelled to outer space, and when Apollo...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    Norumbega (category Norse colonization of North America)
    settlement in northeastern North America which was featured on many early maps from the 16th century until European colonization of the region. It was alleged...
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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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    Newfoundland were established by Norse viking explorers, which were soon abandoned and the next known European settlement in North America occurred some 500 years...
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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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    Flateyjarbók (category Cultural depictions of Harald Hardrada)
    225 written and illustrated vellum leaves. It contains mostly sagas of the Norse kings as found in the Heimskringla, specifically the sagas about Olaf...
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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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    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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    Ulen sword (category Norse colonization of North America)
    At first purported to be a Viking sword by Norse coloniers, it bears little resemblance to any sword of known early Medieval provenance; it is more probably...
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    Christian IV of Denmark–Norway commissioned three expeditions to Greenland. These expeditions were conducted in order to locate the lost Norse Eastern Settlement...
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