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Exploration & Migration
Why Columbus Was Neither the First to America Nor the Hero of the Story
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Vikings established a settlement in Canada five centuries before Columbus.
Reconstructed Viking sod houses in Newfoundland.
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Archaeologists discovered L’Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland, proving Norse presence around 1000 AD. This site includes workshops and dwellings used by European sailors long before 1492.
"The settlement was dated to exactly 1021 AD using cosmic-ray analysis."
This physical evidence shatters the myth of Columbus being the first European explorer to reach the New World.
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