Is it true that Vikings discovery of America lead to nothing?

If not nothing, then at least very little. We've found the archaeological remains of a small Viking colony in Newfoundland, and those seem consistent with mentions in Viking histories of a place called Vinland. However, that's about it. read more

Pretty much. Norse settlements in Greenland and Newfoundland failed and were eventually abandoned. read more

Half a millennium before Columbus “discovered” America, those Viking feet may have been the first European ones to ever have touched North American soil. Exploration was a family business for the expedition’s leader, Leif Eriksson (variations of his last name include Erickson, Ericson, Erikson, Ericsson and Eiriksson). read more

Now, while Columbus' discovery of the Americas (specifically of the island of Hispaniola) was no more intentional than the Vikings', it did however lead to permanent colonisation, settlement, political and economic expansion of the lands of the Americas by Spain, then Portugal, and finally other European nations. read more