What if Leif Erikson hadn't lost America?

The Norsemen Leif Erikson visited North America centuries before Columbus did. If Columbus hadn't arrived in North America in 1492 someone else would have and history would probably be the same or similar. read more

Leif Ericsson did not establish colonies in North America. He and other Norsemen visited North America. They settled there, but not permanently. They might have established permanent colonies if they had not met with hostile native people, i.e. Skraelings, as was reported in the sagas. Instead they explored a little, and collected timber. read more

Leif Erikson or Leif Ericson (c. 970 – c. 1020) was a Norse explorer from Iceland. He was the first known European to have discovered continental North America (excluding Greenland), before Christopher Columbus. read more