Posted on 08/07/2019 11:58:52 AM PDT by Perseverando
https://www.culturenordic.com/products-page/vikings/a-viking-ship/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBCL0tu5ods
Volumbus knew about the vikings in america ge jnew america was there was not going to india or china
The loooooong coast of Africa which the Portuguese were already working their way around
To answer the headline; Africa.
Thanks fieldmarshaldj. He went west because so many had gone west over the ages and the landmasses were rumored. Columbus went to Iceland to research this, and Icelanders had passed down the information. Greenland had been abandoned less than two centuries earlier.
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