Nearly 500 years before Christopher Columbus crossed the Atlantic, Viking explorer Leif Erikson reached North America. But in one of history's greatest paradoxes, the discovery faded into legend.
In this documentary, we follow Leif Erikson's epic voyage from Greenland to Vinland, the mysterious land described in the Viking sagas. Discover how the Norse explored North America, established settlements, encountered Indigenous peoples, and uncovered resources that could have transformed their future.
Learn about Vinland, Helluland, Markland, the first known European born in North America, and the archaeological discovery of the Viking settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows that proved the sagas were true.
How did the Vikings discover America centuries before Columbus? And how did an entire continent slip from Europe's memory?
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