First Contact: the Viking vs. Native American Battles

Claim your special offer for MagellanTV here: Check out “Vikings: Merchants and Explorers” while you’re there! —---------------------------------- Inside the Viking clash with Native Americans around 1000 AD. Leif Erikson reaches North America, and the Vikings who follow his expedition soon encounter locals, whom they later call “Skraeling.” In the land they know as Vinland, these Scandinavians meet the ancestors of the Dorset or Beothuk people. We sift through some of the myths surrounding these stories, examine the ruins at L’Anse Aux Meadows, and present the newest research on this history. —------------------------------------ SUPPORT US ON PATREON COOL HISTORY MERCH Buy episode-themed merch here! An enormous thank you to all of our wonderful Patreon supporters, especially: Nick Stringari Christopher NightDocs Fernando Lopez Ojeda Frausty the Snowman RamrodJohnston Nicholas Koval Sean —------------------------- SOURCES: Chiesa, Paolo. “Marckalada: The First Mention of America in the Mediterranean Area (c. 1340).” Terrae Incognitae, vol. 53, no. 2, 2021, pp. 88–106., Magnusson, Magnus, and Hermann Palsson. The Vinland Sagas. Penguin Books, 1965. Metcalfe, Tom. “In Tree Rings and Radioactive Carbon, Signs of the Vikings in North America.” , NBCUniversal News Group, 20 Oct. 2021, Sigurðsson, Gísli. The Medieval Icelandic Saga and Oral Tradition: a Discourse on Method. Milman Parry Collection of Oral Literature, Harvard University, 2004. Wallace, B. “The Norse in Newfoundland: L’Anse Aux Meadows and Vinland”. Newfoundland and Labrador Studies, vol. 19, no. 1, May 2005, —------- Check out Danheim’s Viking music here: