Norse may have been there, but there was no lasting impact. No records, no memory, no further exploration …. Compare that with the impact of Columbus’ voyage
They already knew. The Norse found it 500 years before Columbus.
AA5B@lemmy.world 11 months ago
1rre@discuss.tchncs.de 11 months ago
Knew is a strong word
The norse found it but 500 years is a crazy long time, and they didn’t know it wasn’t just a series of arctic islands
Assman@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
I think it’s reasonable to say they knew. They probably didn’t realize how enormous the Americas were. But it was certainly known that some landmass existed west of Greenland. The Norse settled Greenland around year 1000 and allegedly founded colonies in Newfoundland around that time.
clockwork_octopus@lemmy.world 11 months ago
It’s more than allegedly. They founded settlements here.
Assman@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Nice, last I’d heard we were going off of written records. Didn’t know there was physical evidence.