Vinland: North America's Viking Colony

[@geographicstravel]

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[@aq5426]

Welp, I know what I'm getting my sister for Yule!

[@chillcannongames5758]

So when you said the one dudes boat was destroyed by sea wyrms i immediately thought that he got caught in a whale orgy as a whale will put its penis out the water while waiting his turn and can easily be mistaken for a monster.

[@notstarboard]

Dislike button is gone, time for 2-minute ad spots right at the start! :D

[@alexysq2660]

"There's ALWAYS time for cocktails" 😉😁❤...!

[@terryenby2304]

It sounds SO good but I can’t drink alcohol due to meds&health. I wish they had mocktail versions?

[@Gangxisiyu]

We actually got a confirmed date for the site. 1021. Exactly 1000 years ago. Dendrochronology of wood shavings at the site were able to match with a known solar flare. Able to pin the year down exactly.

[@NightBlado]

I was looking for this

[@billwheeler1213]

@williamperese you must be pretty old ;)

[@billwheeler1213]

@williamperese I know it was a lame joke but it had to be written

[@bjornodin]

Damn, that is all sorts of amazing!

[@stevejester5658]

@williamperese ...alledgedly

[@HarrisonCSmith]

Researchers also found a well preserved instruction pamphlet for a desk. In one of the Vinland colonies. The researchers tried to assemble the desk according to the instruction booklet but found it rather difficult. This lead the archeologists to conclude that it was of nordic origin.

[@Joetime90]

Ikea before foundation

[@alexarnold6253]

@@bottledwaterprod swedish is Nordic.

[@JeepnHeel]

That's actually why the colony was abandoned so quickly -- they kept losing those little metal inserts & pins that you turn to hold panels together. Scholars believe the indigenous Canadians were stealing them in a clever attempt to undermine the colonists

[@SmokeNUFC]

😂🤣 nothing worse than flat pack

[@SmokeNUFC]

​@@bottledwaterprod Nordic relates to all the Scandinavian countries Sweden, Norway, Denmark

[@Sungoku47]

It’s amazing how much research the creator/team of the manga Vinland saga do. The hut in thumbnail is exactly like an abandoned home from a previous explorer before the main character arrives in Vinland

[@SKULLKR3W]

Yukimara does the research himself and even visited Iceland for it

[@Swggs.]

Wait he actually makes it to vinland? Or is that manga only? Im probably gonna get spoiled here but im genuinely curious

[@Sungoku47]

@@Swggs. read the manga

[@Qing.Dynasty1636]

@@Swggs.yup

[@WayToVibe]

Some random Viking dude: "Ah, man, I lost my cloak pin." Some other random Viking: "It was just a cloak pin. No big deal." Archaeologists 1200 years later: "Oh... MY... GOD... ! A CLOAK PIN! This CHANGES EvErYtHiNg!!" Some random dude dropping a coin and another one dropping a cloak pin have NO IDEA how meaningful their slip of the fingers was.

[@robertschnobert9090]

I leave empty beer cans in every forest I visit! I'm like a Viking! 🍺🍻 Skol! 🍻🍺

[@AirbusMechanic]

That is

[@AirbusMechanic]

That is funny..

[@lowthg123]

Maybe my lost wireless earbuds will one day change people’s understanding of history!!! Unlikely, I know.

[@YeeSoest]

Look at this, Deckart, it appears to be a rubber balloon refashioned as a container of human sperm for some reason. The knot seems to have been tied in a hurry, what may have caused the haste here in this most intimate of moments? Other findings suggest there may have been a music festival held here annually...perhaps the spiritual side of such gatherings inspired a certain atmosphere? We can only speculate

[@AlphaHaze]

"Far to the west, across the sea, there is a land called Vinland. It's warm and fertile. A land where neither slave traders or the fires of war can reach." - Thorfinn Karlsefni

[@tripolarmdisorder7696]

In the Amazon rainforest of Brazil, the indigenous tribes have oral legends of a race of Ghost Warriors, whose skin was white and would fight like demons. What is the over/under on a viking expedition that went WAY off course?

[@elvenkind6072]

@@tripolarmdisorder7696 I haven't heard of that, but the Aztecs actually awaited the return of a white god that would come from the sea to reclaim Mexico. There's scientific evidence of nicotine and cocaine in an Egyptian mummy. Probably many things in history that have happened, that history books are not updated on, but I doubt a bit Vikings reaching Brazil. They might have been as far south as the current New York and the Hudson River, but there's no stories of this in the sagas. Historians used to consider the sagas something akin to a joke if anyone would claim them to be reliable, historical material, until Norwegian adventurer Helge Ingstad found evidence of Viking settlements in L'Anse aux Meadows, Canada.

[@ColdHawk]

The Vikings were amazing merchants and, of course, our common word for merchant today is salesman, as in the phrase “used car salesman.” I am always struck by the advertising strategy of calling a place with no timber, covered in ice, Greenland. Your man Thorfinn sounds like a medieval, Viking advertising copywriter.

[@bloodmagiclord8253]

Another interesting fact that you missed, Columbus actually travelled to Iceland and stayed for the winter in 1477. So it is entirely possible that he heard the stories of Vínland during this visit and that is what caused him to explore the Atlantic.

[@mad0813]

Would be true or interest if Columbus didn't go as far south that he did. If he heard about Vinland he would have claimed he could find new land instead of saying he could find a new route to India. Not enough adds up for that one. But nice theory all the same.

[@Harryjay6]

I've never heard such a thing, which makes me really doubt this claim.

[@ThorfinnSkullsplitter-fz7ff]

@@Harryjay6 I have.

[@HweolRidda]

@@Harryjay6 it is not black and white. Much of his early life is not documented, but the speculated trip to iceland is a reasonable interpretation of some travel in the north that is mentioned. Personnally I give the Iceland story about 30% probability of being true, but I do think he heard stories of travel to land in the north west.

[@crystalllewellyn9990]

People were coming here , loooong before Columbus came , i just find it strange how his name "must" get included in everything to do with discovery of the new world, just my opinion, but seriously wished he would have just stayed where he was at, and let us come to where he was to 😉😜😂

[@thsxi]

I have no enemies

[@shivill2236]

Well boys, seems like we're going on a saga here.

[@theboyoofoly]

Both the "Graenlandinga saga" and the "Erik's saga" describe the journey to vinland as, first stopping at helluland (baffin island) then Markland (labrador) then they describe following the coast to what they initially think is a peninsula but after sailing around discovering it to be an island, which they called byarney (bear island), which lines up nicely with the placement of Newfoundland along the south coast of Labrador, the sagas then describe an island between two currents (straumsey) which lines up with Anticosti island at the mouth of the St. Lawrence river, it then describes a river flowing from a "great lake, and from there on to the sea" which in my opinion lines up with the region of the lower St. Lawrence, a region which historically has had naturally occurring grapes

[@CaptHollister]

*Anticosti island

[@theboyoofoly]

@@CaptHollister ty

[@ixxxxxxx]

this theory is actually presented in the museum at the l'anse aux meadows archeological site. glad to see more know about it. it really is an amazing part of history that not many recognize

[@ignitionfrn2223]

3:15 - Chapter 1 - Stepping stones 6:50 - Chapter 2 - The land of wine 10:40 - Chapter 3 - Vikings in america 14:15 - Chapter 4 - In this colony 18:05 - Chapter 5 - American Armageddon 21:15 - Chapter 6 - Rediscovery

[@shivampatel3305]

🐐

[@eironwyman8157]

Canada actually. Not the lesser nation known as America....

[@A_p_T53040]

Thanks king

[@evarussell5261]

Actually it's the continent of North America not the country the United States of America he's referring to.....

[@eironwyman8157]

@@evarussell5261 Yes, but the viking ruins are in Canada....tired of europeans thinking of us as a state.

[@saitokun5304]

There is an anime called Vinland Saga that is pretty good. If your into such things I would recommend it, even the english VO isn't terrible.

[@sherylfranklin4284]

Concur!

[@ide1020]

My thoughts exactly!

[@xeroanarchy]

Im from newfoundland, vinland, and i enjoy the manga

[@appleWhisky43]

Check out the manga with possible, much better in the earlier part

[@thewolf4846]

It's more than pretty good. It's a masterpiece

[@mcstabba]

The way Simon pronounces the nordic names cracks me up (I'm from Sweden). Anyway, good stuff.

[@VikingNorway-pb5tm829]

Hei naboen, mulig han gjør et hyss som Emil? Tanken var god og resultatet.. snikkerbua :) hehe

[@indiekiddrugpatrol3117]

As an Englishman even I don't understand how he's that far off the mark.

[@elvenkind6072]

@@VikingNorway-pb5tm829Putt han i snikkerbua og slakt mannen og sylt han i en tønne!!! Er F@en meg så lei av det trynet han stikker frem i nitti prosent av illustrasjoner i hundrevis av kanaler, på KZbin, og forurenser med simpel, penge-grubbende info.

[@oneshothunter9877]

He is butchering the words. :)

[@elvenkind6072]

@@VikingNorway-pb5tm829 Snikkerbua hopp fallera og snikkerbua hopp fallerei er bra å ha, hopp fallera for stakars meg, hopp fallerei. Emiiiil! Til snekkerbua renner jeg!

[@DiracComb.7585]

5:31 didn’t expect an FMA analogy here

[@SkuLLetjaH]

Simon using pop culture analogies he definitely doesn't understand is my favourite factboi meme.

[@highlandoutsider]

Yeah that kinda came outa nowhere uh? 🤣

[@AWindy94]

FMA references are always appreciated

[@neo-didact9285]

The boring truth is probably that his writers added that in because the zoomers and millenials watching would be happy to see anime references and he doesn't give a sh*t about anime.

[@jrmckim]

​@@neo-didact9285 SAd but true. Anime changed my life. Or should I say their stories did.

[@blarfroer8066]

Small correction: the did not find wild grapes, but most likely golden currants (Ribes aureum). Currants are still called Vinbär in Swedish and in the Alemannic dialect of German - Tyrker was a member of the Alamannic tribe - currants are still called Trübli, which translates to small grape.

[@laurenmccabe1441]

There are “frost grapes” that grow along the banks here in Canada in the Maritimes. A German member of the Viking crew claimed they were grapes but we don’t know what they were. This was also during a warning period in history so grapes could have been grown there, but only frost grapes are native here. There’s also some theory I’ve heard about it being blue berries. It’s strange that the Vikings didn’t use these grapes for wine, especially since wine is used for liturgical purposes, and the Viking liked their alcohol. I wonder what they stubbles upon back then, would be interesting to see the archeological records since I know now, grape farming is very highly improbable to grow on our soil.

[@anarchyantz1564]

Hearing Simon quoting A Full Metal Alchemist reference knowing he has never and will never watch them is hilarious! If this was Brain Blaze I can only imagine the ADHD ranting he would be doing at that point.

[@itsapittie]

This is the first time I heard the theory that the Vikings may have mistaken gooseberries for grapes, I have had the thought that they may have made that mistake with blueberries. Blueberries definitely make good wine and they grow in literal tons in Newfoundland. Blueberries grow in abundance all over the regions proposed as parts of Vinland. With regard to the few artifacts, it's totally plausible that they would have been picked up by Native Americans and widely traded as curiosities or good luck tokens. Given how extensive Native American trade networks were, an occasional coin or brooch turning up as far away as New Orleans wouldn't surprise me too much.

[@JackieWelles]

Blueberry Hot Red Wine (blaubeeren gluhwein) is well known in Germany during a December month, I find it also much tastier than a typical hot red wine.

[@itsapittie]

@@JackieWelles There's a winery in Homer, Alaska USA that makes wine from locally-sourced wild berries. Their blueberry wine is quite good. They also use a variety of other berries including raspberries, cranberries, and both black and red currants (gooseberries). I think both gooseberries and blueberries are good candidates for the "grapes" the Vikings found in Vinland.

[@splinter6479]

I doubt that. Blueberries grow wild in Norway so there's no way they'd mistake them for something else. it's more likely that they just called blueberries grapes because making wine from blueberries is possible whereas grapes are much more popular in south europe.

[@itsapittie]

@@splinter6479 It's my understanding that blueberries are native to North America and were imported to Norway. Given the similar climate, it's no surprise that they began to grow wild.

[@Anna-pj8te]

@@itsapittie no.

[@jonharper5919]

Simon: mixes a 24yo bottle of single malt scotch with ingredients for a rum cocktail Also Simon: somehow does not get smited by the gods

[@avalonaudiovisual]

Newfoundlander here! Nice to see some discussion of L'anse aux Meadows, it's an incredible place and I can see how the Norse would have seen this place as a true find, Newfoundland is incredible in the spring and summers ... and the winters are surely no worse than what they would have been accustomed to.

[@GB-nu6ow]

remember it would have been much warmer than now

[@mikeyoung9810]

I went to school, 6 7 and 8th grades in Vinland. Kansas. A mostly abandoned town that still had a school back in the 60's. It's gone now but yes I went to school in Vinland.

[@amb163]

Also so happy to see Canadian content on this channel -- and especially happy to see content pertaining to my home province of Newfoundland and Labrador!

[@jay_kay709]

how did you not get irritated by new finland. ? it is a mainlander test and he failed.

[@bensmith5288]

Its not "Canadian content " .

[@johneinarsson8125]

Its Icelandic content.

[@TheAmbex]

@@bensmith5288 the fact he mentions Canada and doesn't just generalize with "america" is enough to make us happy..

[@Zapp4rn]

as a swede, i wanna visit newfoundland

[@sueholubeshen9960]

Lans auemeadows has to be one of the most starkly beautiful areas in Canada. Drove there on vacation in 2019 from Ontario...amazingly wonderful and educational

[@sandybarnes887]

L'Anse aux Meadows. Yes, it's big news here now.

[@MrSketchyCharacter]

Was there still a Viking cooking bacon inside?

[@mizzfit02]

Hi Simon. Here's a little hint for you. In EVERY Norwegian name, when there's a E at the end, it's NOT silent.

[@IceglacierArnar]

Eiríkur rauði (Eric) and Leifur heppni (Leif) came from same area as I am, or in Dalasýsla in Iceland. They live in "Haukastaðir" in Dalasýsla. Exactly where my forefathers lived. My forefathers settle in Iceland, for 1100 years ago and after been doing Viking raids in Scotland (Ketill Flatnefur/ Auður Djúpauðga) so basically, I might be a relative . The word "Skrælings" it is the word "Skrælingar" ....it means barbarians, someone who is not civilized ...

[@kennyhagan5781]

My ancestor was a Dane named Hagan who settled in Northern Ireland in the late 880's . His people were eventually assimilated into the native culture and his descendants were nobility in the area until the English took their lands in 1625. My direct connection to the name comes from that time, when one of the younger sons indentured himself to the Virginia colony that same year. He worked alongside the first batch of slaves brought to the colony for seven years. After that,he settled in the Carolinas and started the line that I am part of.

[@IceglacierArnar]

Ketil Flatnefur my forfathers raided Scotish Hebride Islands and conquer on behalf of Norwegian king. But he did not pay taxes to Norwegian king, so my family was forced to move to Iceland. And my forfathers stayed in same location in 1100 years. My father moved tough south to Reykjavik. But my roots are in Dalasýsla.

[@user-lv6rn9cf8m]

Not really. That was a theory but it's not really supported by anything substansial. I was thought that aswell, kinda. That skräla means to make noise, and it was their way of describing their language that they did not understand. These days the consensus is that it comes from the Old Norse word skrá which means "skin". The Inuits and others they encountered wore animal hides, the Norsemen wore wool. But they were not kind to the skrälingar. They were described as small ugly creatures with weird hair and big eyes - they could be killed without remorse. At least one female skräling made it back to Iceland though (guess why) - that we know by studying the dna among the Icelandic population today.

[@IceglacierArnar]

@@user-lv6rn9cf8m what you mean...already found archeological remains, supported by Icelandic saga... what is going on? I can trace my ancestors list from beginning.....

[@user-lv6rn9cf8m]

@@IceglacierArnar Sources: Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989). Íslensk orðsifjabók [Icelandic Etymological Dictionary] and just google the word skrá. That's what all the scientists and experts hold as the most plausible explanation. And they know that skrá meant skin/hide. That's a fact. A Danish professor named William Thalbitzer theorized that it came from the Old Norse skrækja which meant what I said - to shout, yell, make noise. But that theory has been debunked. In modern Icelandic skrælingi means barbarian however. And there's only like 80-100 people who have that dna sequence, and it's only passed on from a mother to a daughter. Again, just google. "iceland inuit dna". And you know, the sagas tell different stories. Because they're just that. Sagas. Not a written account of history. Sadly. Otherwise Ragnar Lodbroke would have existed in reality etc...

[@marcelostalker]

Perfect, I got curious about Vinland while playing Assassin's Creed a few months back, and only remembered to actually look it up last week. To my dismay, there wasn't much from channels I watch and stuff, so this comes out as a treat.

[@maximilienward2130]

We have a Viking Stone marker here on Miscou island New Brunswick even the jesuits made a missionary in our islands harbour, but they only stayed like a year or two cause half the ppl died during the first whinter

[@maximilienward2130]

and we have granberries here, in the plains. its preaty in the fall everything turns red

[@komm6668]

Queue Vikings, Vinland Saga, and Assassin's Creed Valhalla references.

[@sirstrinkalot]

Ah I see, you’re a man of culture as well.

[@kraanz]

@@sirstrinkalot More like a simpleton.

[@millyb2326]

A FullMetal Alchemist reference...YES! Vinland really does feel like a great fantasy epic came to life. Its not only a killer story, an amazing piece of archeology, but also and AMAZING manga/anime series as well! Thanks as always for the video!

[@pmsavenger]

A Fullmetal alchemist reference that he had no clue about and would have takent he piss off massively if this had been any of the channels where he isn't just reading the script ^_~ Sometimes I think his writers put these references in partially to make fun of him ^^

[@akatsukigajou1639]

@@pmsavenger nah wrong

[@pmsavenger]

@@akatsukigajou1639 yes, correct, from his own mouth. Check out brain blaze, decoding the unknown or casual criminalise :) his complete lack of popcultural knowledge is well documented.

[@khaccanhle1930]

Video starts at 2:08

[@kwd3109]

I think this is your best one yet Simon. Thank you!

[@TwoWholeWorms]

As someone who pronounces Björk as Buhdjzork, Simon's rendering of Bjarni as Buhdjzarni makes me giggle a lot more than it prolly should. xD

[@Eucalypten]

This comment made me laugh pretty good

[@victoriarose9802]

Yes! Or should I say "Ja!"? Considering that etymology and phonetics are quite important for interpretation of historical references, I'd hoped that Simon would have a better grip on European languages by now. I'd like to see a concise prehistory into the early trade with native Australians in the format we have here. However, this requires some basic language skills. The blatant ignorance of English people towards foreign cultures retards our ability to learn.

[@sphaireus]

I’ve yet to see a British/UK person make any effort on pronouncing foreign names/words.

[@nicolek4076]

Nice to see Simon keep to the fine British tradition of pronouncing names they way they're written, despite all information to the contrary - Bjarne does not have a G sound in it.

[@archstanton6102]

He doesn't care

[@purebloodstevetungate5418]

Being as much of a seafaring people they were also shallow water explorers its been my belief these early "Viking" North American explorers followed the inland waterways throughout modern day Canada and the USA.

[@nathbaker]

Unlikely because then they would have started to get a grasp of the immense size of North America. They thought these were just a few scattered islands at the end of the earth so why bother colonizing? If they had reason to believe they could sustain themselves (and then some, as later European colonists would do) their stay would have been a lot more permanent.

[@ih302]

I grew up 10 minutes drive from Lanse aux Meadows and know where there are long house mounds (as shown at 14:10) which are several km away from the confirmed site

[@matthutchings1988]

When I hear Simon’s voice my anxiety and depression goes away. I love all his channels.

[@multiyapples]

I know you can overcome your anxiety and depression. I’m praying for you.

[@matthutchings1988]

@@multiyapples thank you my friend

[@cwj9202]

@ 16:00 -- 1000 AD was within the Midieval Warm Period, so the climate at Vinland would be as described by the Vikings.

[@canadianmmaguy7511]

That is correct, and after the little ice age they migrated into the great lakes area from the hudson to survive.

[@m____w____6981]

The Ingstad's were quite brilliant. They knew that to find the Norse settlement they would need the help of local fishermen. They interviewed locals wherever they went until they met Mr. George Decker. When they explained what they were seeking George said "Yes by'! I knows right where that's at. I thought it was an old fish store (shed)". The rest is history.

[@wfcoaker1398]

LAM is half an hour's drive from my hometown. I had a summer job as a guide there in 1980. My grandmother lived there for a while when she was a young girl.

[@IrishMike22]

That's it. I'm convinced. The Kensington Runestone is real, Vikings wore horns on their heads and Mexico is the Norse word for "place where tequila causes bad choices."

[@foxhoundp9949]

New conspiracy theory just dropped! Mexico the las Vegas of Vikings 🤔 and that's why we don't know if they went any further. "Whatever happens in 1st century mexico stays in 1st century mexico" -some viking with a questionable sexy Olmec tattoo

[@IrishMike22]

@@foxhoundp9949 🤣👍

[@psycofire93]

The FMA reference made me happy

[@MartinTedder]

Imagine being a Norseman, finding a new land, and the inhabitants also have bows and arrows. That would blow me away....how such a modern feeling invention found its way on another continent. (Not realizing people crossed the Bering Strait centuries before)

[@jokuvaan5175]

Probably wouldn't be that amazing to them considering all the peoples they came across had invented bows and arrows. They probably didn't imagine some people hadn't invented those yet.

[@MartinTedder]

@@jokuvaan5175 they never came across anyone from another continent....that's the entire point of this video

[@jokuvaan5175]

@@MartinTedder Actually they did. The inuites. Vikings also conducted raids in Northern Africa. Or at least thet encoutered arabs in muslim controlled Iberian peninsula

[@MartinTedder]

@@jokuvaan5175 well aren't you the great historian? That still doesn't change my statement. The Norsemen come to a land, that might as well be a different planet and seeing the inhabitants using tools they are familiar with.

[@canadianmmaguy7511]

@@jokuvaan5175 the also founded Russia after barely surviving the mongols And the crusades were basically 9 vikings, 2 of the original 9 still had gothic names.

[@cameronjadewallace]

I needed sleep, and I knew your wonderful, peaceful, soothing voice would help. Will return to rewatch this video when I wake up. Sweet dreams Simon

[@debbiemoore2747]

Glad to hear it's not just me that considers his voice soothing and helps me when I get bad insomnia

[@sandybarnes887]

New Dating Method Shows Vikings Occupied Newfoundland in 1021 C.E. Tree ring evidence of an ancient solar storm enables scientists to pinpoint the exact year of Norse settlement in L'Anse aux Meadows.

[@TheNeonParadox]

That's a pretty recent paper that has gotten almost no press, though, so I'm not surprised it wasn't included in the video. I wouldn't have known about it if it weren't for my Google keyword updates.

[@NightBlado]

This

[@MissSkittlestar]

I’m in New Brunswick and I still want to visit Newfoundland ,when I was on the boat with my grandfather he would always teach me about the Vikings

[@SpaceMonkeyBoi]

Vikings: **give natives milk** Natives: **are lactose intolerant, and get stomach aches, which causes them to assume the Vikings tried to poison them** Natives: **attack the Vikings** Vikings: "🌚"

[@jay_kay709]

weeeb

[@ryro3515]

Having grown up in Newfoundland, I’ve visited L’ance aux Meadows a few times. Truly a fascinating place!

[@ingifreyr]

Hi, Icelander her, love your content, one small comment. The statue at 13:02 is of Leif Ericsson, otherwise good stuff

[@oilersridersbluejays]

How did you like his pronounciation of Bjarni? It was hard to listen to.

[@gristlybillow7050]

"next on into the shadows, the disappearance of the Greenland colony"

[@spencerwiltse2855]

I'm really loving all these videos involving Canada! 🇨🇦

[@andersjjensen]

Ahem.. given the just presented evidence I must insist that you use the correct term which is now West Scandinavia! :P

[@pboyd4278]

Happy you mentioned Butternuts and NB...I planted some butternut seeds on the shores of the Wolastok (St John River) just a few weeks ago. The Wolastok would have been just the sort of river that Vikings would have travelled up.

[@ninjalanternshark1508]

Content starts @ 2:16

[@breslinpt]

Growing up and being raised in Maine I remember being taught about the Goddard Penny, or Maine Penny. Brooklin Maine’s elementary school mascot is the Vikings due to the historical shell missions, archaeological treasure troves in the area, where the Maine Penny was found.

[@EdinburghFive]

Do you mean shell middens?

[@johnmeyer2072]

In my research into this topic almost 30 years ago I discovered that Portuguese fishermen knew of the Grand Banks of Canada and possibly Columbus knew of their findings as well although they obviously tried to keep it secret as any good fisherman does.

[@canadianmmaguy7511]

Yes, the basques. And yes, after friday the 13th the knights templar in Hispania were absorbed into the "knights of christ". Look at Portugal's flag, the knights templar flag, and colombuses.

[@AWindy94]

The original spelling of my last name before my Norwegian great grandparent went through Elis island, was Vindinland and we have a family myth that maybe our ancestors were involved before coming back to Norway after the failed settlement. Definitely just a family myth but it's fun to ponder.

[@andersjjensen]

At this point it doesn't matter if a "they" became an "I" during a retelling of the story. Get the oldest member of your family to retell the stories to the best of their ability and write it down. Who knows if there is a tiny detail in there that becomes a vital clue in 50 years when someone is digging on all four somewhere in North America and is going "huh?.. could this be...?".

[@dags123]

I think that is probably more of a myth. Vin and vinding are two very different words, even in Proto-norse, old norse or modern Norwegian language. Vin can mean meadow in Proto-norse, wine (or appartently maybe even grapes) in old norse and just wine in modern Norwegian. Vinding/vinning/vindin on the other hand usually means curving or winding and is probably more used in Danmark and the south/south-western parts of Norway. A Dane could probably explain your family name better than a Norwegian, it may have a meaning this Norwegian doesn't know about.

[@AWindy94]

@@dags123 You are correct in your placement of where my ancestors came from! My paternal ancestors came from Stavanger Norway.

[@kwowo]

@@AWindy94I'm from the Stavanger area, and the name was almost certainly "Vindingland", modern spelling "Vinningland". I've never seen it spelled without a G. As for the name having any link to Vinland, 100% guaranteed it doesn't. Hereditary surnames weren't common until very recently (like a century ago). Before that, your surname was usually a patronym + the farm/place you lived. So if you moved farm/place, you changed surname. Vinningland specifically is a small place (farm) south of Stavanger.

[@anneanderson2887]

The full metal alchemist clip made my day

[@AndrewC.McPherson-xf5zw]

Dirt bike, atv's, skidoo's, boats and trips to cabin's were all the fare. I loved it.

[@KORP5E]

Love being a Newfoundlander - such rich history! Thanks again Simon and the team for producing great content (as always!). :)

[@canadianmmaguy7511]

Hello from pei

[@Hallzilla]

Isit history worth telling though as nothing come from it? Killed by natives which are no longer around. So its not even like its your history

[@matty6848]

@@Hallzilla oh god there’s always one isn’t there, all caught up in white historical guilt🙄

[@The_Rude_French_Canadian]

@@Hallzilla Just proves to me the natives weren’t the peace-loving cultures that the propaganda tries to shove down our throats…humans are nasty…as for the historic significance, well if you’re not an un-educated moron these things are interesting to learn about even if the outcome is pretty grim…

[@Mimi-mq2wj]

@@matty6848 how is that guilt??? quite insecure there it seems

[@kennyhagan5781]

The candied ginger is good for putting in a hot tea. Just a tiny bit.. it's also quite good for your heart.

[@twocvbloke]

Them Vikings certainly got about, makes Columbus look like a lazy so and so... :P

[@foxhoundp9949]

Agreed. I feel like everything even since I was a kid made him sound lazy and far far less than so so.... 🤷 And they were trying to glorify him 🤦‍♀️ Like hell proper looks into history even during his time most people thought the Vinland saga's might be an entirely new land mass between Asia and Europe and Africa and there's a plethora of references that implies he read the saga's 😤 as someone with both American and Spanish decent I'm embarrassed we even still talk about him in reference to these lands

[@Berengier817]

And unlike Columbus, they didn't appear to force children into slavery

[@gwynnmccallan8856]

@@Berengier817 The vikings had slaves. They were called thralls. They were taken as prisoners of war or born into slavery if their parents were thralls.

[@Berengier817]

@@gwynnmccallan8856 but did they enslave native Americans

[@canadianmmaguy7511]

I don't want to be called a racist, but white English people were not the only group to have slaves I know this does not line up with 2021 social justice, but yea

[@redclayagain]

Aside from the Kensington stone and the underground rock castle in New England, which may be early Irish, there is the long-held story of two Viking ships abandoned in a dried-up lakebed below Joshua Tree in the Colorado Desert. In the 13th century it is thought the lake was more substantial probably being something left over from the original glacier lake known as Bonneville. At any rate artifacts from one boat included a roman cross bow handle and se3veral well defined Viking artifacts of Bronze. Related to this calamity of abandoned ships is the story of an Englishman named Rough Huerech, found in a cave burial in the Mustang Mountains below Tuscon...his runic headstone gave away his origins and he was found to have lived in Staffordshire, England in the 13th century and his family history suddenly end there. Current theory is they approached this area having crossed through the Northwest passage went around CALIFORNIA and up the Colorado river/lake

[@EdinburghFive]

Of course all these stories are just a bunch of nonsense. Fun stories, but nonsense.

[@armageddonite8039]

Lol after all the horror stories of Europeans wintering in N America for the first time, these Vikings experienced a Canadian winter and thought, “Huh, quite warm here eh?”

[@Elinalisism]

Vinland Saga on 1000-1100AD Viking Colony Vinland Saga on 1900s the Americans Loves the Book Vinland Saga on 2022 ohhh i love that anime

[@TheNeonParadox]

Very in-depth video. And thank you for not mentioning the Kensington stone. If I never hear about that blunder of a forgery again, it'll be too soon.

[@canadianmmaguy7511]

Why is there about the same population of Danes, Norwegians, swedes and finn's in scandimerica as there is in their native countries? You mean to tell me the Vikings didn't explore baffin islands, find an inlet to the Hudson and have exclusive fur rights till HBC? And so, the Minnesota vikings are just named that cus why? Was the name Punics already taken? Or berber?

[@darthgillez1272]

Yooooooo thankyou for this video. I love learning all i can about Vikings. It's fascinating !!!

[@cdfdesantis699]

1 word - LIDAR! Come on, let's GO!

[@HeronPoint2021]

The Museum of Man happened to have a special show in Ottawa (actually Gatineau) when I was visiting in 2005 and to see the iron cloak pin that kept the wool cape enclosed over you was just amazing.

[@gamebawesome]

Wow, I'm so early, that Norsemen were raiding Lindisfarne

[@stevethon2444]

Subscribing to yet another of your many cool channels, Simon. Good stuff, and quick note: In December 1999, I home-brewed one of my first batches of beer, a pretty decent Red Amber, if I may say so. Called it "Erik the Red Amber", slapped the same hand-drawn image you have in this video on the bottle, along with mention of "Bold explorers entering a new century" and some such silliness, and offered a bottle to each of our guests that New Year's Eve. I'd like to think Erik and his young lad Leif would approve. Stay Groovy, my friend; really like all your history videos.

[@chodowski_legacy]

"I have no enemies"

[@erichloehr5992]

Since I am an American named Erich I have always been fascinated by Lief Eriksons voyages since I was a child. When I found out not long ago that my German heritage also included Scandinavian / Viking DNA markers I have been especially reinterested in Viking lore. Thanks for this fascinating look at my ancestor’s stories.

[@tobiasdomes2731]

The name Löher, Löher and loeh comes from Lohgerber which is a old German word for tanner. The word derives from middlehighgerman loh meaning wood with small trees because of the tenbark they used

[@sarahgilbert8036]

viking dna 😂😂 as silly as banker dna! viking was a profession, not a people!

[@canadianmmaguy7511]

@@sarahgilbert8036 he said Scandinavian first. So if my parents were in the master race and bankers, I could say my parents are Zionist bankers.

[@TheLaughingcrow]

You're making a cocktail with 24 yr old Glenlivet?

[@crhu319]

Sacrilege.

[@courtneycooper4905]

You comparing both Full Metal Alchemist shows….love to see it.

[@Silverado5153MKV]

I wonder, do think any of them decided to stay? Left the Viking lifestyle behind, joined a local tribe, or even ventured further west.

[@canadianmmaguy7511]

They settled the Hudson and great lakes area. It's the reason for very large populations of Scandinavians in that area today, some people even call it scandimerica

[@canadianmmaguy7511]

They settled the Hudson and great lakes area. It's the reason for very large populations of Scandinavians in that area today, some people even call it scandimerica

[@canadianmmaguy7511]

They settled the Hudson and great lakes area. It's the reason for very large populations of Scandinavians in that area today, some people even call it scandimerica.

[@canadianmmaguy7511]

They settled the Hudson and great lakes area. It's the reason for very large populations of Scandinavians in that area today, some people even call it scandimerica.

[@jordangarberg7744]

Best documentary yet on vinland. Proper job

[@kalilikescheese]

A. I love this piece of history and discovering what was thought to be a tall tale at one point. B. It makes me question how many historical stories that were passed down from generations, get washed away as a tall tale because there’s no current evidence that proves them, even if they are real.

[@canadianmmaguy7511]

What's your opinion on the boogeyman that would stare into children's windows? It sort of matches up with the swamp booger/wood booger/skunk ape/sabe/momo/sasquatch reports.

[@canadianmmaguy7511]

What's your opinion on the boogeyman that would stare into children's windows? It sort of matches up with the swamp booger/wood booger/skunk ape/sabe/momo/sasquatch reports.

[@canadianmmaguy7511]

What's your opinion on the boogeyman that would stare into children's windows? It sort of matches up with the swamp booger/wood booger/skunk ape/sabe/momo/sasquatch reports

[@canadianmmaguy7511]

What's your opinion on the boogeyman that would stare into children's windows? It sort of matches up with the swamp booger/wood booger/skunk ape/sabe/momo/sasquatch reports.

[@canadianmmaguy7511]

What's your opinion on the boogeyman that would stare into children's windows? It sort of matches up with the swamp booger/wood booger/skunk ape/sabe/momo/sasquatch reports.

[@Mrgunsngear]

Thanks

[@Sungoku47]

I’m mind blown that the Vinland saga manga is based on real “history”

[@bojens865]

They didn't sail thousands of miles. They island hopped. Norway, the Shetlands, Faroes, Iceland, Greenland and the North Canadian islands and peninsulas are all a couple hundred miles apart, and were discovered and settled over the years. In decent weather, the Vikings could sail from place to place in a few days and rest, trade or resupply at their leisure.

[@oneshothunter9877]

I think there's 1100 Nautic miles between Iceland and Greenland. Just from nearest coast to coast. But, anyway, yes.

[@kasperkjrsgaard1447]

There’s roughly about 2.500 km from Greenland to New Foundland in stormy waters filled with icebergs. Island hopping indeed.

[@oneshothunter9877]

@@kasperkjrsgaard1447 There are not many islands between Greenland and New Foundland as far as I know. I think there's around....zero. Unless we are talking about coastal islands. From Sisimiut/Holsteinborg, Greenland, shortest distance between those are around 400 kilometers/around 220 nautical miles. Correct me if wrong.

[@kasperkjrsgaard1447]

@@oneshothunter9877 You’re probably right - I was only refering to bojens865’s claim about the distance.

[@The_Daily_Tomato]

Bi-JArni? *My Icelandic Brain* Don't ever change Simon, please I beg you 🤣

[@oilersridersbluejays]

Yeah that pronounciation hurt my ears and I’m not even Scandinavian.

[@monohimes7784]

*Thorfinn furiously taking notes

[@hechennator6089]

I have no enemies land

[@veteran35th]

How can anyone NOT like watching Simon drinking cocktails.

[@Outside85]

Sad that it didn't last, I wouldn't have minded a world history where the pilgrim fathers got off the Mayflower and were immediately rumpled by a bunch of vikings.

[@Roddy1965]

It's worth the drive to visit it. Wonderful piece of mega history.

[@robelyounis9172]

Vinland Saga……………anyone?

[@westcoastghost5834]

Northern Canada is massive and the Vikings loved exploring and voyages there’s no doubt in my mind northern Canada is loaded with stuff that the harsh winters slowly buried or consumed

[@dalj4362]

But nothing has been found.?

[@EdinburghFive]

Why does everyone think the Norse were great explorers? They were raiders and traders. They didn't just strike out into the great unknown for the hell of it.

[@johncenashi5117]

​@@EdinburghFiveto find stuff you gotta explore, right?

[@Pdmc-vu5gj]

Good video. One question...You indicated the distance from Leif's departure point in Greenland to Vinland / Canada was even greater than the distance from Greenland to Norway. But when reviewing a map, it looks like the distance was much shorter. Although the ocean was likely much more treacherous with icebergs. Am I looking at the wrong departure point in Greenland?

[@EdinburghFive]

You may indeed be looking at it the wrong way. The Norse likely sailed up the western west coast of Greenland, crossed the straits to Baffin Island, and then headed south following the coast. This makes for a much longer voyage.

[@Pdmc-vu5gj]

@@EdinburghFive Did the vikings take the longer route each time they sailed because of the dangers of the open ocean? Or only the first time. Because once they set up the likely way station at L'anse aux meadows, it doesn't appear to be a long trip, absent icebergs.

[@PaoloGiovanni]

Not to be nitpicking your video, but you mentioned that the Vinland colony was the first Scandinavian settlement in North America, which isn’t technically correct: it’s the third. The first colony was anyone planting roots on the western half of Iceland, because that portion of the island rests on the North American continental shelf. Second place went to any settlement on Greenland, as it too is part of North America.

[@gooddad3575]

Without the liquor being provided shaker and spoon is worthless

[@zaranea7920]

You pulling the FMA Comparison made me love your content even more

[@Oldwhiteguy]

Simon would probably make a great bartender.

[@vivainigood]

been waithing for you to talk about vinland since I wathced vinland Saga!! thanks man!

[@icsedge1]

As we know Vikings sailed all the rivers in Europe, founding many cities as they went. Not likely if here a decade they were not exploring the rivers here. That is how they could have gotten to Minnesota

[@canadianmmaguy7511]

The hudson bay was a highway, they might have been able to traverse the Rapids in Quebec as well by moving boats over land.

[@EdinburghFive]

@@canadianmmaguy7511 How did they get their 20 ton ships around Niagara Falls?

[@canadianmmaguy7511]

@@EdinburghFive did you read my comment? The same way they traversed rivers in Europe over land on logs.

[@canadianmmaguy7511]

@EdinburghFive I really enjoy having conversations with KZbin accounts I talked to years ago though. It's cool how we keep taking over and over

[@EdinburghFive]

@@canadianmmaguy7511 That is a rather long way (about 25 miles) and over some pretty steep ground. Also they would have likely sailed a Knarr for travel in the New World, not the smaller Byrding craft the Norse used for riverine travel in eastern Europe.

[@mecahhannah]

Awesome as always thanks

[@loke6664]

Uh, the viking didn't confuse any berries with grapes, they used the term "grapes" for any berries you could ferment into alcohol. Also, comparing vikings in Minnesota or Mexico with aliens is taking things a bot too far. Yeah, we have zero evidence for that and it is very unlikely but they did have the means to get there and they also had the skills to do so. Aliens we haven't seen a single good evidence for on the entire planet. I do have a feeling that they at least explored some because the people who got to Vinland were explorers and pretty good at it, so they reaching Maine or New England is not that unlikely. That they built a colony there is another matter but who knows? They did find a viking scale and some weights in the Canadian mainland a bit up a river which point to some exploration and trade but we really need more finds to say anything for sure.

[@njdevilku1340]

The Minnesota thing was mention because someone claimed to have found a rune stone there ( I believe it was a forgery).

[@loke6664]

@@njdevilku1340 The Kensington Runstone? That one have been contested since it was found 150 years ago and honestly are there good points from both sides so let's say it is a "maybe". But even if it is real that doesn't matter since it wasn't made by vikings. It is dated to the 14th century and if it is real it was made by a monk from Gotland, Sweden. That is 250 years after any vikings. While runes most famously were used by vikings and invented by some guy in Denmark around 200 AD others used it as well. Saxons used them and in Sweden they were very common until the 16th century and some people used them up until WW1. The reason for that is that the 16 letter rune alphabet is extremely easy to learn and unlike Latin letters made to be easy to carve on wood. Heck, even today it would be a valid tool since you could write a lot faster on a keyboard with so few keys but few people bother to learn it anymore which is a shame. I assumed that Minnesota was mentioned because so many Scandinavian immigrants moved there 150 years ago. Still, there have to my knowledge never been any evidence for vikings in Minnesota. BTW, the one thing that points towards the Kenzington stone being real is the way it tells the year it was written, it uses a system only used in Wisby between 1200-1500 AD and that was not known when it was found. Against it is a few runes that generally wasn't used at the time. People will likely keep on arguing about it for the next 150 years too unless a new archaeological find shows up with something else from the same alleged expedition. I am slightly towards it being real myself, mainly for the reason that I think that if someone would have faked it they would have dated it to around year 1000 so it could have been made by vikings but I can see it being either fake or real. I do think that sending out some people with metal detectors to the area it was found in could be worthwhile though. Not that it is super likely they would find anything, I think they found 16 nails and a few trinkets as only metal objects in L'Anse aux Meadows and we know the vikings were there for a few years so even if an expedition were in Kenzington it is rather unlikely they dropped many items.

[@FatManWalking18]

we visited Newfoundland in 2018 for a week and plan to go back for much longer real soon

[@andersjjensen]

This was an excellent episode, but holy hell does Factboi know how to butcher Scandinavian names to the point of vehement inrecognizability :P

[@oilersridersbluejays]

It was painful to hear and I’m not even Scandinavian.

[@johnmeyer2072]

Yes!!!

[@johnmeyer2072]

And Yes!!! But great episode none the less.

[@CaptHollister]

Why would he treat Scandinavian names differently from those in any other language ? Butchering non-English names (and even some that *are* in English) is one of Simon's greater talents. This is irritating if you happen to speak the language he's butchering, the episodes are still interesting.

[@the_real_glabnurb]

Just listening, for a moment, I thought Iranians discovered America, but no, he just butchered Bjarni

[@foxdavion6865]

According to the Segas there were 3 settlements. We've only found one of them and as of the other two they were so briefly occupied that there were likely no permanent buildings constructed, which is likely why the physical remains can't be found.

[@Deathven1482]

The fact that you talked about FMA instantly requires a sub. Thank you Simon.

[@ekronb5287]

Mandem is literally talking ab vinland saga here too

[@phoenixsixxrising]

Vinland AND a Full Metal Alchemist reference!? you're spoiling us Simon!