Documentary about the discovery, exploration, and settlement of North America by the Norse/Vikings. Vikings in America - PBS' NOVA program (season 22, episode 2) - originally aired 24 January 1995.
This is a cool documentary. I think I watched it years ago. It’s really incredible how well this history is documented in a time when records were scarce. I always remembered hearing as a kid that the Vikings named Greenland “green land” to get settlers to move there. As I got older I wondered if it was just a rumor but it’s really exciting to learn it appears to be true. I wonder if any other Viking sites might be found in North America. I live in the northeast US and it’s fun to imagine Viking ships going up and down the coast. L’anse aux Meadows is really incredible. I’d love to visit. It’s also exciting to imagine Vikings and natives coming into contact with each other. Although it sounds like it didn’t go well. Nice sharing my friend.
I’m sure that there’s orther Norse settlements to be found from the L’anse aux Meadows and into the land. The Norse had colonies in Vinland for several years and as such must have had settlements where they’d gather fur and prime wood. Obviously they must have travelled up the rivers there, and me, being completely unknown of the area there, wouldn’t know where to look. But it would be fair to first look at the largest rivers and search for small hills and digs. Bringing a metal detector may be useful.
Ein sehr interessanter Bericht. Gut rechariert und dargestellt an Bildern ( Film ) und im Text. Der Beitrag hat mir sehr gefallen. Ich hoffe betr. diesen Themas weitere zu finden.
Even so, this doesn't mean there wasn't trading going on in other parts of North America. For example, just as when Eric the Red explored James Bay for the first time, traders from Polynesia were trading with the West Coast Native Americans and may have been doing so for at least a hundred years before that. Evidence supports this by finding chicken bones in Mexico and the bones were dated of being there 600 years before Chickens were officially introduced to America by Early American Settlers in the 1600's. 😱🤯🤯
@GilObregon-hj6zh Thanks, my Grammarly app didn't pick that up before posting. Nevertheless, it's true. When the Vikings first landed, traders from other nations were already doing trade with the locals for a very long time until some fuck named Christopher Columbus ruined it for everyone. Look at it like this, if the Vikings made landfall before Columbus, "Who else got to America before CC I wonder?" that question alone took me to places I never knew about and it'll probably do the same for you after you taken the dive.
My people were Swedish Vikings from Dalarna and northern counties. Their churches are full of treassures from their travels. They went into the Russias and down to the Middle East. Yes, they could be terrible guests. A thousand years later they are still being discussed. My ancestors!
I am Norwegian, my maternal grandparents are Norwegian and the statements made by the narrator and Tom McGovern is shite. The Norse were highly organized, world wide traders and yes, raiders. Raiding was for the Gods and the enrichment of the leaders. Raiding also provided security in the afterlife because a Norse person got to take it with them: anything they put in the ground, would go with them to the afterlife. What a change in understanding from 1995 to 2023.
Raiding to obtain women, you couldn't if you didn't give dowry and properties. They did not have the slightest organization, they lost absolutely all the battles in which they faced an army and also the invasions of Goths and Normans. That was also the reason everyone in Greenland died and the Inuit they made fun of didn't. Although it must be recognized that they greatly improved the Roman Rhine ship.
They do not make good documentaries now becuase political agendas get in the way. They don't just report history as it was. History is history, with all its injustice and results. But it is the proper way to present it. Too bad the kids today don't learn by great shows like this one.
