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  • Viking Heroes and Homes
    Viking Heroes and Homes

    10 Photos

    Explore images of viking heroes and the settlements they founded, from Leif Eriksson in Greenland to Ingolfur Arnarson in Iceland.

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  • Viking Vessels and Artifacts
    Viking Vessels and Artifacts

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    View images of Viking longboats and artifacts, from the Oseberg ship in Norway to 11th century rune stones in Sweden.

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Videos (6)

  • Search for the Northwest Passage
    Search for the Northwest Passage

    Video Clip (1:56)

    Countless explorers spend centuries looking in vain for a western route to the Orient and the lucrative Spice Trade.

    Video Clip (1:56)
  • Leif Eriksson vs. Christopher Columbus
    Leif Eriksson vs. Christopher Columbus

    Video Clip (2:18)

    Did a Viking explorer travel from Greenland to modern day Canada in the 11th century, beating Christopher Columbus by nearly 400 years?

    Video Clip (2:18)
  • Bone Voyage
    Bone Voyage

    Video Clip (2:44)

    Columbus' body has been moved so many times, historians are not sure where he is truly buried.

    Video Clip (2:44)
  • The Mayflower
    The Mayflower

    Video Clip (2:18)

    From the Pilgrims' reasons for leaving Europe to the treacherous journey across the Atlantic, musician and artist Jeffrey Lewis puts to song the story of the Mayflower.

    Video Clip (2:18)
  • Columbus' Book of Privileges
    Columbus' Book of Privileges

    Video Clip (2:13)

    Columbus compiled documents that were proof of assets bestowed upon him by the monarchs of Spain.

    Video Clip (2:13)
  • Columbus' Quest for Gold
    Columbus' Quest for Gold

    Video Clip (2:38)

    In the new world, Columbus enslaved the native people and forced them to mine for gold.

    Video Clip (2:38)

Read More about John Cabot

In 1497 and 1498, Italian navigator John Cabot sailed across the northern Atlantic under the English flag; his expeditions laid the basis for later British land claims in Canada.

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