Norse colonization of North America

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Norse_colonization_of_North_America
GPTKB entity
Statements (32)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:abandoned isolation
Norse settlers
hostile relations with Indigenous peoples
resource limitations
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs Viking colonization of North America
gptkbp:archaeologicalSite gptkb:L'Anse_aux_Meadows
Norse artifacts in Newfoundland
gptkbp:beganIn 10th century
gptkbp:contactWith gptkb:Native_American_tribe
gptkb:Skrælings
gptkbp:containsSettlement gptkb:L'Anse_aux_Meadows
gptkbp:discoveredIn 1960 (L'Anse aux Meadows site)
gptkbp:documentedIn gptkb:Saga_of_Erik_the_Red
gptkb:Saga_of_the_Greenlanders
Icelandic sagas
gptkbp:duration short-lived
gptkbp:explores gptkb:Vinland
gptkb:Helluland
gptkb:Markland
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Norse colonization of North America
gptkbp:launched Norse explorers
gptkbp:mainSettlementLocation gptkb:Newfoundland
gptkbp:notableMission gptkb:Erik_the_Red
gptkb:Leif_Erikson
gptkbp:originatedIn gptkb:Greenland
gptkb:Iceland
gptkbp:precededBy European colonization of the Americas
gptkbp:significance first known European presence in North America
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite gptkb:L'Anse_aux_Meadows
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Viking_expansion
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5