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Based on the records of the collections of the Minnesota Historical Society there has been much debate on the location of the Vinland associated with Leif Erickson’s travels in the New World. In the late 1800s a citizen of Massachusetts came forward with a discovery that he claimed proved that eastern Massachusetts was the location of Vinland. His alleged proof was a stone containing runic letters of an ancient Scandinavian language that contained a description of the presence of Leif Erickson’s… Continue

In the perspective of Marcius Wilson of 1847, there is an ethno-historical account with maps and sketches of the history and origins of the Native Americans. The accounts and perspectives of Wilson are different from what is seen in the work of Tony Horwitz. First, of all Wilson’s work is older work. The idea of Norse people interacting with Native Americans would seem absurd and not because it wouldn’t seem possible. It was because it was considered doctrine that the English preceded by Columbu… Continue

There is a chapter in the beginning of the exploration of the Americas by Europeans that is almost unknown. The story is that of Vinland. This “Vinland” would be the area of the Americas in the east coast of Canada and what may have been what we know as New England today. The reason for the unknown chapter of this exploration history is due to the time period and people who accomplished this. Vinland was the term given to the Americas by the Norse explorers, also known as the Vikings. The time p… Continue