What is Vinland?
Vinland was the site of a Viking settlement which is estimated to have existed around 1,000 CE. The precise location of Vinland is a topic of dispute and debate, thanks to sketchy supporting evidence and inconclusive archaeological research, but it is believed to have been located somewhere along the northern coastal region of North America, perhaps around Newfoundland. If Vinland really did exist and Vikings settled there, it would be the oldest European settlement in North America by far, discovered and settled 500 years before Columbus sailed to the Americas.
