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    Helluland (Old Norse pronunciation: [ˈhelːoˌlɑnd]) is the name given to one of the three lands, the others being Vinland and Markland, seen by Bjarni...
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    men, going south from Greenland traversed an open stretch of sea, found Helluland, another stretch of sea, Markland, another stretch of sea, the headland...
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    explorers including Leif Eriksson, who would explore and name the areas of Helluland, Markland and Vinland. Leif laid the groundwork for later colonizing efforts...
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    shore discovered by Leif Eriksson around 1000 AD. It was located south of Helluland and north of Vinland. Although it was never recorded to be settled by...
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    from Helluland and Markland to Kjalarnes "Keel Ness", though "this flatly contradicts the Grœnlendinga saga and is assuredly wrong". Helluland (Baffin...
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    lands to explore them. During his adventures, Leif names the three lands Helluland, Markland, and Vinland. Later, Thorvald, Leif's brother, sets sail to...
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    Bay and Qikiqtaaluk in Foxe Basin. Norse explorers referred to it as Helluland ("stone land"). In 1576, English seaman Martin Frobisher made landfall...
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    be in the region of Helluland, spoken of in the Vinland sagas (Saga of the Greenlanders and Saga of Erik the Red). The Helluland Archaeology Project was...
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    years later. The sagas describe three separate areas that were explored: Helluland, which means "land of the flat stones"; Markland, "the land of forests"...
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  • purported to inhabit Iceland's waters (Greenland Sea) and southward toward Helluland. Although it was thought to be a sea monster, research suggests that the...
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    believe that the Dorset culture developed from the Pre-Dorset somehow. Helluland, which Norse explorers described visiting in their Sagas of Icelanders...
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    west, now dubbed Vinland. The wind carries them to a place they call Helluland, where there are large slabs of stone and many foxes, then south to a...
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    Discovering America, 1893 painting by Christian Krohg Places Vinland Markland Helluland L'Anse aux Meadows Eastern Settlement Western Settlement Middle Settlement...
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    geographers Helluland it Mikla, or "Great Helluland"; and the island of Newfoundland simply Helluland, or Litla Helluland." Most scholars agree that Helluland corresponds...
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    of land, and the boundaries of Markland, Einfœtingjaland, and little Helluland, together with Greenland, to the west of it, where apparently begins the...
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  • frosts that it is not habitable, so far as one knows; south from thence is Helluland, which is called Skrellingsland; from thence it is not far to Vinland...
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    North America: • Land of the Risi (a mythical location) • Greenland • Helluland (Baffin Island) • Markland (the Labrador Peninsula) • Land of the Skræling...
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    Discovering America, 1893 painting by Christian Krohg Places Vinland Markland Helluland L'Anse aux Meadows Eastern Settlement Western Settlement Middle Settlement...
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    Discovering America, 1893 painting by Christian Krohg Places Vinland Markland Helluland L'Anse aux Meadows Eastern Settlement Western Settlement Middle Settlement...
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  • Ruanda-Urundi New Sweden Saint Barthélemy Swedish Gold Coast Eastern Settlement Helluland Markland Vinland Western Settlement Bouvet Island Jan Mayen Peter I Island...
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    Leif Erikson landing in three places to the west, the first two being Helluland (possibly Baffin Island) and Markland (possibly Labrador). Leif's third...
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    Various sailing routes to Greenland, Vinland (Newfoundland), Helluland (Baffin Island), and Markland (Labrador) travelled by the Icelandic Sagas, including...
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    North America: • Land of the Risi (a mythical location) • Greenland • Helluland (Baffin Island) • Markland (the Labrador Peninsula) • Land of the Skrælings...
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    kraken-hafgufa's range would extend, at least legendarily, to waters approaching Helluland (Baffin Island, Canada), as described in Örvar-Odds saga. The description...
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    Discovering America, 1893 painting by Christian Krohg Places Vinland Markland Helluland L'Anse aux Meadows Eastern Settlement Western Settlement Middle Settlement...
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    stafnglamr (Thord Prow-Gleam). He and his crew headed toward a fjord in Helluland ("Slabland"), where Ögmundr was to be found, according to Oddr's half-giant...
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    route in reverse and landed first in a rocky and desolate place he named Helluland (Flat-Rock Land; possibly Baffin Island or northern parts of Labrador)...
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    The different sailing routes to Greenland, Vinland (Newfoundland), Helluland (Baffin Island) and Markland (Labrador) travelled by different characters...
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    Discovering America, 1893 painting by Christian Krohg Places Vinland Markland Helluland L'Anse aux Meadows Eastern Settlement Western Settlement Middle Settlement...
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  • Jakobsson (2011), p. 285. Sayers, William (1994). "The arctic desert (Helluland) in Bárðar saga" (PDF). Scandinavian-Canadian Studies/Études scandinaves...
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