hrothgar Posted November 20, 2006 Report Share Posted November 20, 2006 I wonder where GREENLAND got its name?....Oh yeah, Vikings in the 1300's named it so, based on the amount of vegetation around their settlements. Wrong... Eric the Red wasn't a real neighborly sort. He got exiled from Iceland and spent the next three years exploring the island that we now know as "Greenland". Eric wanted to gather a bunch of colonists to join him and decided that "god forsaken ice-covered hell hole" really didn't sound like an appealing place to live. He chose the name Greenland as a deliberate PR ploy. You might be confusing this stroy with one of the journey's of Eric's son Lief who named an area "Vinland" based on the rich vegitation and abundant grapes that he found... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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