Why Didnt the Vikings Get Credit for Discovering America
Who discovered America? When most people think about this, the first thing that comes to mind is Christopher Columbus. When Columbus returned from the Antilles in 1493, he was not the first European to have stepped foot on the New World. What if I were to say that the Vikings were the ones who actually discovered America? However, they didn’t get credit for it because of the bad things that they have did.
Leif Eriksson set out from Greenland towards the west and first reached Baffin Island which he named Helluland or Land of Stone. From there he sailed south to Labrador and into the Gulf of St. Lawrence region which he named Vinland or Land of Wine for the wild grapes that were found there. He created a town at L'Anse aux Meadows, which served as the base of exploration during his time in eastern North America. He collected wood and other valuable things from the land and returned to Greenland. This was one of the many voyages by the Vikings.
The latest evidence confirms that Scandinavians reached the North American continent almost 500 years before Columbus. By accident Bjarni Herjolfsson arrived at the Canadian coast but didn’t stop. He was on his way to Greenland to see his parents when he was drifted west because of a storm. Bjarni was son of Bard Herjolfsson and Thorgerd. His parents lived in Iceland but went to Greenland. His findings of land was known in Greenland and in Norway but they didn’t find interest in it until about 10 years later. Although they didn’t land in North America, they were the first to make it out. After a few days the area turned more mountainous and glacial and departing to the east they found Greenland and Erik's colony.
One of Erik's son got very interested in the story by Bjarni, especially that the frozen Greenland wood was hard to achieve, while Bjarni was counting about a forested country. Around 1000, Leif Eriksson took Bjarni's boat and him and 35 other men left in the search of the land discovered by Bjarni. Leif
Leif Eriksson set out from Greenland towards the west and first reached Baffin Island which he named Helluland or Land of Stone. From there he sailed south to Labrador and into the Gulf of St. Lawrence region which he named Vinland or Land of Wine for the wild grapes that were found there. He created a town at L'Anse aux Meadows, which served as the base of exploration during his time in eastern North America. He collected wood and other valuable things from the land and returned to Greenland. This was one of the many voyages by the Vikings.
The latest evidence confirms that Scandinavians reached the North American continent almost 500 years before Columbus. By accident Bjarni Herjolfsson arrived at the Canadian coast but didn’t stop. He was on his way to Greenland to see his parents when he was drifted west because of a storm. Bjarni was son of Bard Herjolfsson and Thorgerd. His parents lived in Iceland but went to Greenland. His findings of land was known in Greenland and in Norway but they didn’t find interest in it until about 10 years later. Although they didn’t land in North America, they were the first to make it out. After a few days the area turned more mountainous and glacial and departing to the east they found Greenland and Erik's colony.
One of Erik's son got very interested in the story by Bjarni, especially that the frozen Greenland wood was hard to achieve, while Bjarni was counting about a forested country. Around 1000, Leif Eriksson took Bjarni's boat and him and 35 other men left in the search of the land discovered by Bjarni. Leif