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Was reading recently about viking trips to North America (c 1100 AD?), which they surprising called Vinland. Grapes are not viable in north eastern Canada, whic
by pcmaffey 8y ago
Was reading recently about viking trips to North America (c 1100 AD?), which they surprising called Vinland. Grapes are not viable in north eastern Canada, which indicates that they traveled quite far south.
Unless of course, like Greenland and Iceland, the naming was a marketing ploy.
- darkpuma 8y agoIt's my impression that the vikings were operating some logging camps in North America, so a marketing ploy to get more laborers seems plausible.
- singularity2001 8y agovine grape apple melon where/are all just words for 'fruit' at some stage / in some dialect.