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Vikings Trade with Native American Indians

The Norse colonization of the Americas began as early as 10th century AD, when Vikings explored and settled areas of the North Atlantic, including the northeastern fringes of North America. Continental North American settlements were small and did not develop into permanent colonies. While voyages, for example to get timber, are likely to have occurred for some time, there is no evidence of enduring Norse settlements on mainland North America. There is evidence of Norse trade with the natives (called Skraelings by the Vikings). The Norse would have encountered both Native Americans (the Beothuk, related to the Algonkians) and the Thule, ancestors of the Inuit. Items such as comb fragments, pieces of iron cooking utensils, chess pieces, iron chisels, ship rivets, carpenter's planes, and oaken ship fragments used in Inuit boats have been found far beyond the traditional range of Norse colonization. Image taken from page 32 of "The Pictorial History of the United States of America, from the discovery by the Northmen in the tenth century to the present time. Embellished with engravings from drawings by W. Croome" by John Frost, 1843.

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Vikings Trade with Native American Indians

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The Norse colonization of the Americas began as early as 10th century AD, when Vikings explored and settled areas of the North Atlantic, including the northeastern fringes of North America. Continental North American settlements were small and did not develop into permanent colonies. While voyages, for example to get timber, are likely to have occurred for some time, there is no evidence of enduring Norse settlements on mainland North America. There is evidence of Norse trade with the natives (called Skraelings by the Vikings). The Norse would have encountered both Native Americans (the Beothuk, related to the Algonkians) and the Thule, ancestors of the Inuit. Items such as comb fragments, pieces of iron cooking utensils, chess pieces, iron chisels, ship rivets, carpenter's planes, and oaken ship fragments used in Inuit boats have been found far beyond the traditional range of Norse colonization. Image taken from page 32 of "The Pictorial History of the United States of America, from the discovery by the Northmen in the tenth century to the present time. Embellished with engravings from drawings by W. Croome" by John Frost, 1843.

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3600 x 3042 px | 31.3 MB

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30.5 x 25.8 cm | 12.0 x 10.1 in (300 dpi)

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10TH CENTURY • AMERICA • AMERICAN INDIAN • AMERICAN INDIANS • AMERICAN-INDIAN • ART • ARTWORK • BW • COLONIZATION • DANES • DARK AGES • DRAWING • ENGRAVING • EXPLORATION • FIRST PEOPLE • HISTORIC • HISTORICAL • HISTORY • ILLUSTRATION • INDIAN • INDIANS (AMERICAN) • INDIGENOUS AMERICAN • INDIGENOUS NORTH AMERICAN • INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE AMERICAS • INDIO • MALE • MAN • MEDIEVAL • MEN • MIDDLES AGES • NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN • NATIVE AMERICAN • NATIVE AMERICANS • NORDIC • NORSE • NORSEMAN • NORSEMEN • NORTH AMERICA • NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN • NORTHMAN • NORTHMEN • NORWAY • NORWEGIAN • SCANDINAVIA • SCANDINAVIAN • TRADE • TRADING • TRIBAL • TRIBE • VIKING AGE • VIKING EXPANSION • VIKING