>> Leif Eriksson is believed to have been the first European to reach North America – 500 years before Christopher Columbus...
Is that possible given the known watercraft of that era?
I was watching a link about a Viking museum and they uncovered a Viking ship about 100 feet long and they estimate it could hold 100 men.
The Vikings made it to Iceland and Greenland, I have no doubt they could have made it to America. Some research in Newfoundland has found foundations/ disturbed ground that they say are similar in size and shape to Viking longhouses.
The Vikings were in Ukraine and setup the first organized “government” to unify the area.
It’s certain. The natives from Virginia north to New England were called redskins, because of their sunburns. They wore much less clothing than the new immigrants from Europe, so the new Europeans had very light skin.
Plus, massive wine grape cultivation all along the coast of Greenland from 900-1150. When Greenland cooled, no more Greenland wine, and so the three-way trade from Iceland to Greenland to Nova Scotia died out, stranding the European blooded further south, from what is now called Nova Scotia to Virginia.
Absolutely. It’s not a myth or a rumor, it’s a fact.
L’Anse aux Meadows
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Anse_aux_Meadows
L’Anse aux Meadows is an archaeological site first excavated in the 1960s of a Norse settlement dating to approximately 1,000 years ago (carbon dating estimates 990–1050 CE).[1][2][3] The site is located on the northernmost tip of the island of Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador near St. Anthony.
With tree-ring analysis of three structures at the site dating to the year 1021[4] and a mean carbon date of 1014 overall,[2] L’Anse aux Meadows is the only undisputed site of pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact of Europeans with the Americas outside of Greenland.[3] It is notable as evidence of the Norse presence in North America and for its possible connection with Leif Erikson as mentioned in the Saga of the Greenlanders and the Saga of Erik the Red,[5] which were written down in the 13th century.[3] Archaeological evidence found at the site indicates that L’Anse aux Meadows served as a base camp for Norse exploration of North America, including regions to the south.[6]
Spanning 7,991 hectares (30.85 sq mi) of land and sea, the site contains the remains of eight buildings constructed with sod over a wood frame. In excess of 2,000 Norseman objects have been unearthed at the site. Evidence of iron production and bronze, bone and stone artifacts have been identified. The site was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1968 and a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1978.[7] Parks Canada manages the site as outlined under the Parks Canada Agency Act (1998) and the Canada National Parks Act (2000).[8] It is the only confirmed Norse site in or near North America outside of the settlements found in Greenland.
ask tor heirdahl...
he sailed it in a paper boat.
It’s pretty much accepted that he got at least as far as Greenland.
Smart people, those Vikings — named the green one Iceland and the icy one Greenland.
We know they did. See L’Anse aux Meadows.