The Welsh Viking | Vikings in North America: What REALLY Happened? @TheWelshViking | Uploaded October 2021 | Updated October 2024, 15 hours ago.
Ok, we all know about the mythical Viking colonies of North America. They got to Canada before any other Europeans, they encountered indigenous peoples, they never had horns on their helmets etc etc. But why do people seem obsessed with the idea they got to "America"? And why do people think "America" means "The USA"?

Where did the Norse really get to a thousand years ago? Where is Vinland? Did they get to the US and Canada? What did they leave behind? And how did they end up exploring that side of the Atlantic in the first place?

Join me as we poke at some of these early medieval questions, discuss the real Norse colonies of the New World, and have a look at how this exploration and settlement may have happened.

Yay history!

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