Vinland

American  

[vin-luhnd] / ˈvɪn lənd /

noun

1. a region in E North America variously identified as a place between Newfoundland and Virginia: visited and described by Norsemen about a.d.

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Vinland British  

/ ˈvɪnlənd, ˈvaɪnlənd /

noun

1. the stretch of the E coast of North America visited by Leif Ericson and other Vikings from about 1000 _ad

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Vinland

It seemed to be corroboration of the Kensington Runestone and of the Vinland Map that hit the headlines a few years later.

From Slate ● Nov. 11, 2023

One thousand years ago, according to Viking sagas, intrepid seafarers sailed west from Greenland to a coast they called Vinland.

From Science Magazine ● Apr. 13, 2023

“The Vinland Map is a fake,” Raymond Clemens, the curator of early books and manuscripts at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale, said in a statement this month.

From New York Times ● Sep. 30, 2021

Yale University says the decades-old debate over the authenticity of its controversial Vinland Map has been settled: It's a fake.

From Fox News ● Sep. 30, 2021

The Norse sagas describe attacks on their Vinland camp by people termed Skraelings, evidently either Newfoundland Indians or Dorset Eskimos.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond