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Vinland (10424 bytes)
1: ...e exploration and settlement of [[Greenland]] and Vinland as any different than founding [[Iceland]]. It w...
5: Vinland was first recorded by [[Adam of Bremen]], a geogr...
7: ...arate attempts to establish a Norse settlement in Vinland, including one led by [[Thorfinn Karlsefni|Þorfin...
9: ...ived colony on a part of the coast that he called Vinland.
11: ...nished or eroded since circa [[1000]]) and lastly Vinland (commonly interpreted as "wine land", but interpr...

Vinland, Kansas (1090 bytes)
1: '''Vinland''' is a small farming community near [[Baldwin Ci...
5: ...he Battle of Black Jack in June, 1856. People in Vinland call this the "first battle of the American Civil...
7: ...ldest library in the state. Each year since 1874 Vinland has hosted a country fair, attracting thousands o...

Vinland, Wisconsin (2546 bytes)
1: '''Vinland''' is a town located in [[Winnebago County, Wisco...
4: [[Image:WIMap-doton-Vinland.png|right|Location of Vinland, Wisconsin]]According to the [[United States Cens...

Vinland map (7392 bytes)
1: [[Image:Vinland Map.jpg|thumb|300px|the Vinland map]]
2: ...d across the [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]] called [[Vinland]], which the map describes as having been visited...
4: ...uthenticity that was at some point bound with the Vinland Map. It is a description of the history and manne...
6: ...n. It was first published by Skelton et al. ''The Vinland Map and Tartar Relation'', 1965. In 1995 Yale rel...
13: *[[Vinland]]

Markland (672 bytes)
1: ...ve either been Vinland or part of Markland (see [[Vinland]]). Ericsson's crew cut down trees and took them ...

Carl Christian Rafn (1077 bytes)
3: ...and]] mentioned in [[Norse]] sagas. Rafn believed Vinland to have been in modern-day [[New England]] in the...
5: ...me of Rafn's research, the Norse sagas concerning Vinland were considered to be mere legends.

L'Anse aux Meadows (2693 bytes)
1: [[Image:Carlb-ansemeadows-vinland-01.jpg|right|thumb|360px|Viking colonisation site...
5: .... This atribution is debated by historians, see [[Vinland]] for details.
13: [[Image:Carlb-ansemeadows-vinland-03.jpg|left|360px|The first official day of summe...

Snorri Thorfinnson (326 bytes)
1: ...sdottir|Guðríður Eiríksdóttir]]. He was born in [[Vinland]], making him the first [[Europe|European]] to be...

Hop (382 bytes)
4: ... part of the [[North America]]n coast (See also [[Vinland]]).

Tartar Relation (472 bytes)
3: See also: [[Vinland map]], [[Speculum Historiale]]

Thorfinn Karlsefni (585 bytes)
1: ...Icelandic explorer who led an attempt to settle [[Vinland]] shortly after [[1000]] A.D.

Skræling (706 bytes)
1: ...f the later [[Beothuk]]) of [[North America]] ("[[Vinland]]"), when they voyaged there.

Thorvald Eriksson (601 bytes)
1: ...lled by an [[arrow]] from the [[Skraelings]] in [[Vinland]].

Possessions of Norway (506 bytes)
7: * Vinland (part of Nort America)

Anne Stine Ingstad (685 bytes)
3: ...://www.extend.no/les/leiv.html A short history of Vinland and excavations at L'Anse aux Meadows.]

Freydís Eiríksdóttir (3433 bytes)
13: ...ar is that Freydis participated in two voyages to Vinland.
15: ...disagreement over trade goods with the natives of Vinland, whom they called Skraelings, and the natives att...
17: ... they did not have enough supplies to get them to Vinland with everyone on board and they had traveled more...

Culture of Iceland (923 bytes)
3: ...e discovery and settlement of [[Greenland]] and [[Vinland]] (modern [[Newfoundland]]).

Viking colonization of the Americas (6778 bytes)
7: ... is at least based on a real, historical map, the Vinland map does show parts of the Greenland coastline th...
19: ==Vinland==
23: ...s somewhere farther south of Markland. It was in Vinland where the settlement described in the sagas was p...
29: ...th. For more on the debate, see the article on [[Vinland]]. There are still many questions remaining, and ...

Helluland (965 bytes)
5: ...ntinue south to [[Markland]] ([[Labrador]]) and [[Vinland]] ([[Newfoundland]]).

Leif Ericson (3848 bytes)
7: ...erman, found [[grape]]s. Leif named the country [[Vinland|Vínland]] after it. On the return voyage, ...
9: ... north as [[Newfoundland]]. In this case the name Vinland might come from the Old Norse word ''vin'', meani...

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