Look up: Vinland

1. Vinland
   Norse name for the area of North America, probably the coast of Nova Scotia or New England, which the Norse adventurer and explorer Leif Ericsson visited about 1000. It was named after the wild...
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2. Vinland
   the wooded land in North America that was visited and named by Leif Eriksson about the year 1000. Its exact location is not known, but it was ... [2 related articles]
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3. Vinland
   Vinland or Wineland,section of North America discovered by Leif Ericsson in the 11th cent. The sources for the knowledge of Leif Ericsson's exploration differ as to whether it was planned or accidental, but it is definitely known that he found a land containing grapes and self-sown wheat, which he c...
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4. Vinland
   Norse name for the area of North America, probably the coast of Nova Scotia or New England, which the Norse adventurer and explorer Leif Ericsson visited about 1000. It was named after the wild grapes that grew there and is celebrated in an important Norse saga
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5. Vinland
   discovers America") by Christian Krogh (1893) `Vinland` was the name given to an area of North America by the Norsemen, about the year 1000 CE. There is a consensus among scholars that the Vikings reached North America approximately five centuries prior to the voyages of Christopher Columbus. I...
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6. Vinland
   (novel) `Vinland`, published in 1992 by George Mackay Brown, is a historical novel set in the Orkney Islands in the early 11th Century. It derives its name from a voyage the protagonist takes to that faraway land in the west. Plot summary: The novel`s progagonist is Ranald Sigmundson, ...
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