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Leif Erikson sailed from Greenland and established a Norse settlement at L'Anse
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October 9

Leif Erikson Lands in Canada: Vikings Beat Columbus by 500 Years

Leif Erikson sailed from Greenland and established a Norse settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland, becoming the first European known to set foot in North America. The archaeological remains discovered there in the 1960s confirmed the Viking sagas and proved that Europeans reached the Americas nearly five centuries before Columbus.

October 9, 1003

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