L’Anse aux Meadows is “the oldest settlement of European origin in America” (L’Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site, 2012). It is located in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador in Canada. What is so important about this site is that “these remains of an 11th century Viking settlement are the first and only known site of Norse presence and the earliest known European settlement in America outside of Greenland” (List of World Heritage Sites in the Americas, 2012). It is a prehistoric/protohistoric site, stemming back from tenth and eleventh centuries when sailors aboard an Icelandic trading ship reported new lands to the west after being blown off course from Greenland (Newfoundland and Labrador, 2010). Fifteen years later Leif Eriksson settled at Straumfiord near present-day L’Anse aux Meadows. The latitude and longitude of the site are N51 28 0 W55 37 0 (L’Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site, 2012).
Posted on: Sat, 13 Jul 2013 23:09:22 +0000
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