Markland is the name given to an area of unknown location, named by Leif Ericson when visiting North America. Markland, for "treeland," is known to be north of Vinland and south of Helluland. It is generally believed to be Labrador. Ericson's crew cut down trees and took them to Greenland, because Greenland has no trees. Arctic Greenland is well above the Arctic tree-line. A statue of Leif Ericson near the Minnesota State Capitol in St. ... Vinland was the name given to a part of North America by the Icelandic Norseman Leifur EirÃksson, about the year (AD)1000. ... Helluland is the name given to one of the three lands discovered by Leif Eriksson sometime around 1000 CE on the North Atlantic coast of North America. ... This article is about the region in Canada. ... In this view of an alpine tree-line, the distant line looks particularly sharp. ...
Although never settled by Norsemen, there were probably several later expeditions from Greenland to gather timber. Norsemen (the Norse) is the indigenous or ancient name for the people of Scandinavia, including (but not limited to) the Vikings. ...
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