However, the Vikings did not colonize North America on a large scale, at least compared to what Europeans did after 1492. So why didn't the Vikings colonize North America? In short, it's unclear ...

Following Christopher Columbus' first voyage across the Atlantic in 1492, Spain and other European countries engaged in large-scale colonization that resulted in European settlers and their ...

The Maine penny, also known as the Goddard coin for the owner of the land where it was found, is an 11th century Norse silver ...

Vikings aimed for resources, not long-term settlements in North America. Encounters with Indigenous peoples led to swift Viking retreats. Challenging North Atlantic conditions impeded colonisation ...

However, they weren't the first Europeans to make the voyage to North America. After establishing settlements in Iceland and Greenland in the ninth and 10th centuries A.D., the Vikings reached what is ...

The Vikings' reputation for bloodlust compared to other medieval fighters may have been exaggerated over the years.

At 6-2, the Vikings are one game behind NFC North leader Detroit (7-1) and a half-game ahead Green Bay (6-3 ... Vikings.

We are sailing under a blanket of heavy fog somewhere between Canada and the southern reaches of Greenland in the Labrador ...

TPG's Ashley Kosciolek accepted a free trip from Viking Cruises to sail on Viking Mississippi. The opinions expressed below ...

As The Glittering North opens at ... day Turkey to North America and their contacts included the British Isles. These intrepid explorers, known better to us as “Vikings”, travelled for many ...