Everything about Markland totally explained
Markland is the name given to a part of shoreline in
Labrador, Canada, named by
Leif Ericson when he landed in North America. Markland,
Norse for "forestland" or "borderland", is known to be north of
Vinland and south of
Helluland. The story is told in the
Saga of the Greenlanders. It is generally
believed to be
Labrador. Ericson's crew cut down trees and took them to
Greenland, because
Greenland had relatively few trees in the
Viking period. Excavation of Viking settlements has shown the presence of
birch trees, probably because the climate was then much warmer. It is known as the
Medieval Warm Period. Arctic Greenland is however, now well above the
Arctic tree line.
Although it was never apparently settled by
Norsemen, there were probably several later expeditions from Greenland to gather timber.
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