Vinland

The Vikings have always been known for their bold and adventurous spirit, but for a long time historians didn’t realize that the Vikings actually beat Columbus to the Americas by over 400 years. So what happened when they clashed with the Native Americans in North America? In 1,000 AD, the Americas had been cut off from Eurasia for almost 12,000 years, so when the Vikings journeyed to the Americas from Greenland and Iceland, it wasn't very peaceful. Erik the Red had begun a movement to colonize Greenland, and his son Leif Erikson was fascinated by strange lands to the west. Leif set sail with 35 men to find out if this mysterious land existed and eventually found Newfoundland, where he