The Norse settlement of North America, including Greenland, began in the late 10th century AD and lasted for about 500 years. Further west, the evidence is more limited. Only one Canadian settlement h
Norse silhouette sculpture above L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland, Canada
Hvalsey Church ruins in Greenland
Remains of stables on Greenland
A runestick from Herjolfsnes
Helluland
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Helluland is one of the three lands, the others being Vinland and Markland, seen by Bjarni Herjólfsson, encountered by Leif Erikson and further explored by Thorfinn Karlsefni Thórdarson around AD 1000
Coast of the Remote Peninsula in Sam Ford Fjord, northeast Baffin Island.
Christian Krohg Leiv Eirikson discovering America Google Art Project