Inexplicably, Vineland was abandoned after only a few years.ĭid you know? Explorer Henry Hudson died when his crew mutinied and left Hudson, his son and seven crewmembers adrift in a small open boat in the Hudson Bay.Īlthough the Vikings never returned to America, other Europeans came to know of their accomplishments. There they established a colony named Vineland (meaning fertile region) and from that base sailed along the coast of North America, observing the flora, fauna and native peoples. when the Vikings sailed from the British Isles to Greenland, established a colony and then moved on to Labrador, the Baffin Islands and finally Newfoundland. The first attempt by Europeans to colonize the New World occurred around 1000 A.D.
0 kommentar(er)
