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Leif Erikson sailed southwest from Greenland to the islands off the coast of northern Canada and Newfoundland in 1000 or 1001. Leif gave the land the name Vinland.
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First European settlement: Vikings in Newfoundland
Lief Erikson is believed to have discovered North America around the year 1000 AD. He landed on the coast of North America, in what is now considered Newfoundland, Canada.
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The first non-native person to find what is now Newfoundland was Lief Ericksson in about 1000. In about 1450 John Cabot landed in Newfoundland.
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The first known attempt at European colonization began when Norsemen settled briefly at L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland around 1000 AD. No further European exploration occurred until 1497, when Italian seafarer John Cabot explored Canada's Atlantic coast for England.
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Nordic settlers, or Vikings, landed in northern Newfoundland around the year 1000 A.D . They came from Greenland, Iceland, and Scandinavia.