Viking exploration of North America

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:abandoned	isolation Norse settlers logistical difficulties hostile relations with Indigenous peoples
gptkbp:containsSettlement	gptkb:L'Anse_aux_Meadows
gptkbp:destination	gptkb:Vinland gptkb:Helluland gptkb:Markland
gptkbp:documentedIn	gptkb:Saga_of_Erik_the_Red gptkb:Saga_of_the_Greenlanders
gptkbp:encounteredBy	gptkb:Native_American_tribe gptkb:Skrælings
gptkbp:evidence	gptkb:archaeological_site sagas Norse artifacts
gptkbp:explores	gptkb:Greenland gptkb:Labrador gptkb:Newfoundland gptkb:Atlantic_coast_of_Canada
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Viking exploration of North America
gptkbp:launched	gptkb:Norse_Vikings
gptkbp:mainSettlementLocation	gptkb:Newfoundland
gptkbp:notableMission	gptkb:Erik_the_Red gptkb:Leif_Erikson
gptkbp:occurredIn	10th century 11th century
gptkbp:precededBy	Columbus's voyage to America
gptkbp:purpose	gptkb:explorer gptkb:settlement trade
gptkbp:relatedTo	Norse colonization of Greenland Medieval Norse exploration Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact theories
gptkbp:resultedIn	Norse sagas temporary settlements contact with Native Americans
gptkbp:significance	first known European contact with North America
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite	gptkb:L'Anse_aux_Meadows
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Norwegian_explorers gptkb:L'Anse_aux_Meadows_National_Historic_Site gptkb:Discovery_of_the_Americas
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6