[truth_seeker]

"The Vikings must not have been as good ship-builders as the English..."

The Vikings' legacy is huge, compared to their small populations.

In WWII the allies landed at Normandy beaches. Named Normandy after the Norwegian vikings that conquered part of France, soon before conquering England.

Near the same time, they also conquered southern Italy and part of the Holy lands. Bari, Italy was their regional capital.

Now moving west, Canada was visited by Lief Eriksson/Erikssen in 1,000. He sailed from Iceland, via Greenland to Canada. Some feel he went down the coast, even to the future Peoples' Republic of Taxxachusettes.

Now olde Lief made charts of the seas he sailed. Later, Christoffe Columbus, the Italian, sailed for Spain. He used, among other aides, the charts from the northern voyagers.

Today Norway has 4 million people.

(Another day I'll tell of Swedish Vikings' exploits.)

[devolve]

real deal :

http://pro.lookingat.us/Vikings.html

my original forgery :

http://www.angelfire.com/un/zap/NightAttack.html