Useless Fact of the Day: So, why did Leif sail to Newfoundland? - TopicsExpress



          

Useless Fact of the Day: So, why did Leif sail to Newfoundland? His grandfather got kicked out of Norway for killing people. Then his father got kicked out of their new home in Iceland for the same reason, and went to Greenland. He named it Greenland because his new occupation was a realtor. So lief didnt have to go far to make landfall in Nova Scotia, then overwintered on Cape Cod where after discovering grapes there named in Vinland. The only settlement was to the north in Newfoundland, but it didnt stick because the natives were relentless in their expilsion efforts.
Posted on: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 00:37:35 +0000

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