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Norse Vinland — L'Anse aux Meadows

990 – 1030
ColonyNorth America

A short-lived Norse outpost of eight sod buildings on the tip of Newfoundland around AD 1000-1021 — the only confirmed Viking site in the Americas and a base for exploring 'Vinland'.

Abandoned within a few years, perhaps a decade, after clashes with the Indigenous 'Skrælingar'; remembered only in the sagas until rediscovered and excavated in the 1960s.

Borders in 990 · drawn from 1 sourced border frame
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