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Blown off course, the Vikings sailed past an island of flat stones, past a stretch of coastal forests and pristine beaches, and then to the mystical Vinland.
These Norse explorers, centuries before Columbus, left evidence of just one settlement, on the tip of Newfoundland, but discoveries buttressing old sagas have abounded in recent decades. Among them: contacts—or clashes—with the First Nations.
Questions, too, have grown. There certainly were more settlements. But where? And where are the burial grounds? Remnants of the Norse structures show they were burned—but why, or by whom?
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