L’Anse aux Meadows site celebrates 50 years since discovery
Last week the government of Canada marked the 50th anniversary of the discovery of the Viking remains at the L’Anse aux Meadows in…
The Matthew of Bristol and the financiers of John Cabot’s 1497 voyage to North America
The Matthew of Bristol is the vessel in which the Genoese explorer, John Cabot, sailed with his Bristol companions on their 1497 voyage of discovery to North America.
Enduring Impacts: Social and Environmental Aspects of Viking Age Settlement in Iceland and Greenland
Enduring Impacts: Social and Environmental Aspects of Viking Age Settlement in Iceland and Greenland By Orri Vésteinsson, Thomas H McGovern and Christian Keller…
Norse Greenland Settlement: Reflections on Climate Change, Trade, and The Contrasting Fates of Human Settlements in the North Atlantic Islands
Norse Greenland Settlement: Reflections on Climate Change, Trade, and The Contrasting Fates of Human Settlements in the North Atlantic Islands By Andrew J.…
Interview with Graeme Davis – Vikings in America
One of the most fascinating aspects of Norse society was their ability to explore and branch out from their base in Scandinavia. Norse…
The Vinland Mystery
Made by the National Film Board of Canada in 1984, this short documentary depicts the search, discovery and authentication of the only known Norse settlement in North America – Vinland the Good.
John Cabot: A Man of the Renaissance
Made by the National Film Board of Canada in 1964, this short film documents John Cabot’s quest to discover a westward route across the sea to the Orient in 15th-century Europe.
Three Sources of Textual Evidence of Columbus, Crypto Jew
Three Sources of Textual Evidence of Columbus, Crypto Jew By Estelle Irizarry Published Online (2006) Introduction: The purpose of this paper is to add new…
What did the Viking Discoverers of America Know of the North Atlantic Environment?
The uncontroversial evidence is therefore meager, but there are hints that the Norse did indeed appreciate many facets of North Atlantic oceanography, meteorology and climate.
L’Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland
L’Anse aux Meadows has been a National Historic Site since 1977. Parks Canada operates a Visitor Centre which displays artifacts discovered during the archeological excavations.
The Norse in Newfoundland: L’Anse aux Meadows and Vinland
The Norse in Newfoundland: L’Anse aux Meadows and Vinland By Birgitta Wallace Newfoundland and Labrador Studies, Vol. 19:1 (2003) Introduction: One thousand years…
The Far Traveler: Voyages of a Viking Woman
The Far Traveler: Voyages of a Viking Woman By Nancy Marie Brown Harcourt, 2007 ISBN: 978-0151014408 Five hundred years before Columbus, a Viking woman named…
An Eleventh-Century Farmhouse in the Norse Colonies in Greenland
An Eleventh-Century Farmhouse in the Norse Colonies in Greenland By C.L. Vebaek The Fourth Viking Congress, ed. Alan Small (Edinburgh, 1961) Click…