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The Colony That Vanished

Having prospered for more than 400 years, a medieval colony on Greenland vanished without a trace, but its memory lived on.

Robert W. Rix | Published in History Today Volume 73 Issue 8 August 2023

‘A bear a bear plunging into the sea’, illustration from A Voyage of discovery ... inquiring into the probability of a North-West Passage, by John Ross, 1819. The Stapleton Collection/Bridgeman
‘A bear a bear plunging into the sea’, illustration from A Voyage of discovery ... inquiring into the probability of a North-West Passage, by John Ross, 1819. The Stapleton Collection/Bridgeman

 

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