Vikings Landed in Newfoundland, Canada - 1960 Proof
This is a fun silent movie which I consider accurate historically
until the end. The tower at the end was built in 1700s in Rhode Island
but NOT by the Vikings. This was a debatable issue in 1928 when this movie
was made.
Proof of the Vikings landing In North America came in 1960. Archeological
diggings found proof that the Vikings landed at northern tip of Newfoundland
in Canada at a place called "L'Anse aux Meadows". It is now a famous historical
site. I saw some of the Vikings' tools on a recent visit to St'John's in
Newfoundland. The Vikings didn't stay long - they left after several years
mainly due to fighting with the Indians or more likely lack of food, half
freezing to almost death and boredom. They might have stayed if they had
Cable TV? By the way, the Viking landings were in the year 1,000 AD approximately.