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Is it true that Vikings from Scandinavia came to North America even before Christopher Columbus?

If they did, what proof is there to prove it?

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  • Elaine
    Lv 7
    6 years ago

    L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland is the remains of a Viking settlement. Dating has shown that the settlement was there before Columbus sailed for the New World. Lief Ericson drew maps of the east coast of N America and wrote descriptions of the lands he discovered. The Vikings may have even sailed as far south as Virginia.

  • 6 years ago

    Archaeologists have found Norse artifacts at a number of sites, not just the famous L'Anse aux Meadows. Google something like / Norse in North America/ and you'll find plenty material. You could also read the Vinland Saga.

  • Athena
    Lv 7
    6 years ago

    Structures left by the Vikings in Rhode Island and Eastern Canada indicate that the Vikings tried to establish a colony here like they did in Greenland.

    However the local natives fought them off.

  • Kevin7
    Lv 7
    6 years ago

    There are ruins in L'anse aux meadows,Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.They also came to Greenland that is considered part of North America .archaeology proof

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  • Anonymous
    6 years ago

    Yes Lief erickson came twice the second time Brought a christian Priest with him

    and today in the USA there is a Lief erickson day Lief his father was also Known as Erik the red

    and it is a Fact John Cabot landed the part known as Nova Scotia and Maine

  • Tim D
    Lv 7
    6 years ago

    Almost certainly they travelled from Iceland or Greenland rather than direct from Scandinavia.

  • 6 years ago

    Yes, and many other groups came before him.

  • 6 years ago

    Theyre still here in Minneapolis.

  • Yeah, but the natives killed those scumbags. Too bad they didn't manage to do the same the second time.

  • 6 years ago

    yes. There is archiological evidence in Canada.

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