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

8.2K views · 159 reactions | Eric Johnson visits Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland to learn more about the Vikings that came to Canada over a thousand years ago. Learn more about the real reason so many young men made the voyage over and what resources they were actually searching for! #Vikings | HISTORY | Facebook