Ep. 4 Vikings: How Norsemen Beat Columbus to the "New World" by 500 Years
History Fix - Podcast tekijän mukaan Shea LaFountaine - Sunnuntaisin
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In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue. I’m sure you’re familiar with the singsong mnemonic meant for remembering the year Christopher Columbus stumbled upon islands in the Caribbean. This set off a chain reaction of European exploration that transformed two continents. But did you know Viking explorers actually reached North America 500 years before Columbus? Let’s fix that. Sources: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277379118307261https://www.smithsonianmag.com/s...