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When did the Vikings reach North America?
Leif Erikson sailed from Greenland to the eastern coast of North America around 1000 AD, establishing a short-lived settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows on the northern tip of Newfoundland. The site was rediscovered and confirmed by archaeology in 1960. Norse contact with North America preceded Columbus by approximately five centuries — but did not produce a lasting colony.
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The Vikings The Vikings were the seafaring Norse people of Scandinavia who raided, traded, and settled across northern Europe, the North Atlantic, the Mediterranean, and parts of North America between approximately 793 and 1066 AD.
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