Vinland: North America's Viking Colony

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Source/Further reading:

World History Encyclopedia, Vinland: https://www.worldhistory.org/Vinland/ 

Aeon Magazine, Viking trading in America: https://aeon.co/essays/did-indigenous...

BBC, History Extra Magazine, Vinland stories: https://www.historyextra.com/period/V...

Discovery, Vikings once called North America home: https://www.discovermagazine.com/plan...

History Extra, Vikings in America: https://www.historyextra.com/period/V...

History, Kensington Runestone: https://www.history.com/news/did-Viki...

CBC, failed 2016 dig for Hop: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfou...

Possible Baffin Island camp: https://translate.google.com/translat...

Biographics on Erik the Red:    • Erik the Red: The Saga of Viking Gree...