A Norse Village, but Not Vinland From: The Washington Post | Date: August 23, 1997 | Copyright 1997 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

"Setting Sail in the Wake of Leif Eriksson," {news story, Aug. 19} perpetuated a myth started by Helge Ingstad, who claimed that a place called L'Anse aux Meadows on the northern tip of Newfoundland is the site of Leif Eriksson's "Vinland." Evidence proves there was a Norse village at L'Anse aux Meadows about 1,000 years ago, but it in no way can be tied to Leif. Vinland is described in two sagas, the "Greenland Flateyarbok," as told by Leif himself, who built a house there in 1003, and th...

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