Vikings arrived in North America nearly 500 years before Columbus, setting up a settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows around 1021 CE. This discovery shattered the myth of Columbus being the first European to reach American shores. ⚓📜 Located at the northern tip of Newfoundland, Canada, the Viking settlement consisted of eight buildings, including workshops, living quarters, and a forge for ironworking. Leif Erikson, son of Erik the Red, led these Norse explorers across the treacherous North Atlantic

1.7K views · 39 reactions | Did you know that Vikings were the first Europeans to reach and explore North America? Learn more in one of the first ever Heritage Minutes from 1992! | Historica Canada | Facebook

36K views · 502 reactions | Eric Johnson travelled to Newfoundland to learn more about evidence of #Vikings who landed here in Canada over a thousand years ago. Here, Eric speaks with "Thora" about evidence of #Viking women in L'Anse aux Meadows. | HISTORY | Facebook