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    The Norse exploration of North America began in the late 10th century, when Norsemen explored areas of the North Atlantic colonizing Greenland and creating...
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    cultures - took place. Norse colonization of North America Vinland History of North America Hickey, Raymond (2013-04-24). The Handbook of Language Contact....
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  • until the 15th century. c. 1350: The Norse Western Settlement in Greenland was abandoned. 1354: King Magnus of Sweden and Norway authorised Paul Knutson...
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  • and Portugal. See also the European colonization of the Americas. According to the Sagas of Icelanders, Norse sailors (often called Vikings) from Iceland...
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    Thorfinn Karlsefni (category Norse colonization of North America)
    exact location of Thorfinn's colony is unknown, though it may have been the Norse settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland. The relatively few women...
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  • Bjarni Herjólfsson sights coast of North America, but doesn't land (see also Norse colonization of the Americas). c. 1000: Norse settle briefly in L'Anse aux...
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  • Saga may refer to: Norse colonization of North America Vinland sagas, two Icelandic documents detailing the discovery and exploration of Vinland by Erik...
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    within the period during which the Norse lived in Greenland (10th to 15th centuries) and could have visited North America. The penny's coastal origin has...
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    Skræling (category Norse colonization of North America)
    (Old Norse and Icelandic: skrælingi, plural skrælingjar) is the name the Norse Greenlanders used for the peoples they encountered in North America (Canada...
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    contemporary Norway Islamophobia in Norway Nordicism Norse colonization of North America Norwegianization of the Sámi Scandinavian colonialism "Racism in the...
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