New research dates Viking trans-Atlantic voyages to 1,000 years ago
Timber at the L'Anse aux Meadows settlement, where Greenland Vikings landed in what is today Newfoundland, was cut in 1021.
October 20, 2021
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Long before Columbus crossed the Atlantic, eight timber-framed buildings covered in sod stood on a terrace above a peat bog and stream at the northern tip of Canada’s island of Newfoundland, evidence that the Vikings had reached the New World first.
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