Topic: Leif Ericson
Vinland, or Wineland , the name given a North American coastal region by early Norsemen who visited it about 1000 A.D. The name may refer to either...
Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact refers to instances of contact between Native Americans and the people of other continents prior to the arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1492. At least two instances are generally recognized as true ? that Norsemen traveled to modern-day Canada and ...
Thorfinn Karlsefni, an Icelandic explorer of the 11th century, believed to have been the first to attempt to found a permanent settlement in North America. There he married Gudrid, widow of Thorstein Ericson (brother of Leif Ericson, who had discovered a North ...
The article reports on the Marine Atlantic's principal ferry operation across the Cabot Strait. The morning of November 30, 2007, dawned as fairly routine for Marine Atlantic's principal ferry operation across the Cabot Strait. The southbound Caribou (ii), which had ...
