Hi, I am a 6th grade teacher. My class has been studying European explorers such as Cook, Cartier, Columbus, and the Vikings. The Vikings traveled to Iceland, Greenland, and Newfoundland. The Vikings named Newfoundland Vinland. Here is a helpful link . . .
they sailed from Iceland to Canada.When they made it there they called it Vinland.
Iceland, Greenland, Vinland.
Norway and Iceland.
Greenland, where there were dairy farms, and Iceland.
Iceland, Greenland, Vinland (America).
Iceland, Greenland, Vinland (North America).
Iceland, Greenland, Vinland (North America).
First Greenland with his father.Then to Iceland,some islands bordering Iceland,then to Vinland,And back to Norway.
It is still called Vinland.
No. It was called Vinland because they found grapes (and vines) there.
Vinland was a small settlement, which was in Newfoundland, Canada.
Newfoundland, Canada. He called it Vinland.