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EPISODE · Oct 29, 2020 · 9 MIN

Land...Ho?: How the Vikings Accidentally Discovered Canada

from History Loves Company · host Chester Sakamoto

It's generally accepted among Canadians that the 16th Century French explorer, Jacques Cartier, was the first European to set foot on Canadian soil. However, nearly five hundred years before, another European, the Viking explorer, Leif Erikson, had, in fact, arrived first and even set up a community on the northernmost tip of what's now the island of Newfoundland. But was Erikson's discovery an accident? Find out in today's all-new episode!

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