If Vikings landed to Canadian/North American mainland instead on Newfoundland shore when they sailed across the Ocean, I bet history would take some other course. The place they landed was just too remote and with zero sustainability to keep the colony going.
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If Vikings landed to Canadian/North American mainland instead on Newfoundland shore when they sailed across the Ocean, I bet history would take some other course. The place they landed was just too remote and with zero sustainability to keep the colony going.
Here is Viking settlement in Newfoundland:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/Authentic_Viking_recreation.jpg