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Vinland
Vinland
or
Vineland
(
Old Norse
Vínland
) is the area of coastal
North America
and
Newfoundland
explored by
Norse
Vikings
, where
Leif Erikson
first landed in ca. 1000, approximately five centuries prior to the voyages of
Christopher Columbus
.
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