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| Ruins of a viking settlement, at L´Anse-aux-Meadows, Newfoundland, Canada. Photo: Carlb, 2002. |
The presence of the vikings at North America remained in oblivion for several centuries. Despite of the references about the lands to the west of Greenland, in certain old writings and some Icelandic sagas, it seemed to only be a legend. Finally, their footprints appeared in 1961, when a viking settlement was discovered, to the north of Newfoundland.
