What if the Vikings never abandoned the Newfoundland colonies?

if vikings were in america then greeks will have already been there 1000 years earlier as their ships was way more better in structure than vikings was 1600 ... Instead of 13 colonies, the english would consider them lucky if they had one or two, and invested the same amount of time and money into them. read more

However, it's worth pointing out that there are very good reasons that both the Vinland and Greenland Norse settlements died out and/or were abandoned. The "Little Ice Age" made it impossible for them. read more

Remains of Norse buildings were found at L’Anse aux Meadows near the northern tip of Newfoundland in 1960. This discovery aided the reignition of archaeological exploration for the Norse in the North Atlantic. The Norse settlements in Greenland lasted for almost 500 years. read more

If they got 1 or 2 colonies going and managed to avoid conflict with the natives for long enough, perhaps some of the Greenland colonists would move to the less harsh climate on Newfoundland or Nova Scotia. read more