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Vinland

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the stretch of the E coast of North America visited by Leif Ericson and other Vikings from about 1000
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The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Vinland

 

(“land of grapes”), the name given by the Norsemen to a part of the northeastern coast of North America (according to several sources, between 40° and 45° N lat.), which was discovered by Leif Ericson circa 1000. Norwegian archaeologists, exploring the northern part of the island of Newfoundland, uncovered the remains of buildings similar to Scandinavian houses typical of the Viking era.

REFERENCE

Gurevich, A. la. Pokhody vikingov. Moscow, 1966.
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