Leif Erikson discovers America by
Christian Krohg, 1893
The earliest recorded European mention of
America is in a historical treatise , circa
1075, where it is referred to as Vinland . It
is also extensively referred to in the 13th
Century Norse Vinland Sagas , which relate
to events which occurred around 1000.
Whilst the strongest archaeological
evidence of the existence of Norse
settlements in America is located in
Canada, most notably at L'Anse aux
Meadows and it is dated to circa 1000,
there is significant scholarly debate as to
whether Norse explorers also made landfall
in New England and other east-coast
areas. [15] In 1925, President Calvin
Coolidge declared that a Norse explorer
called Leif Erikson (c.970 – c.1020) was
the first European to discover America
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