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    Helluland (Old Norse pronunciation: [ˈhelːoˌlɑnd]) is the name given to one of the three lands, the others being Vinland and Markland, seen by Bjarni...
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    men, going south from Greenland traversed an open stretch of sea, found Helluland, another stretch of sea, Markland, another stretch of sea, the headland...
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    explorers including Leif Eriksson, who would explore and name the areas of Helluland, Markland and Vinland. Leif laid the groundwork for later colonizing efforts...
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    shore discovered by Leif Eriksson around 1000 AD. It was located south of Helluland and north of Vinland. Although it was never recorded to be settled by...
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    lands to explore them. During his adventures, Leif names the three lands Helluland, Markland, and Vinland. Later, Thorvald, Leif's brother, sets sail to...
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    from Helluland and Markland to Kjalarnes "Keel Ness", though "this flatly contradicts the Grœnlendinga saga and is assuredly wrong". Helluland (Baffin...
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    be in the region of Helluland, spoken of in the Vinland sagas (Saga of the Greenlanders and Saga of Erik the Red). The Helluland Archaeology Project was...
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    Bay and Qikiqtaaluk in Foxe Basin. Norse explorers referred to it as Helluland ("stone land"). In 1576, English seaman Martin Frobisher made landfall...
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    geographers Helluland it Mikla, or "Great Helluland"; and the island of Newfoundland simply Helluland, or Litla Helluland." Most scholars agree that Helluland corresponds...
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  • purported to inhabit Iceland's waters (Greenland Sea) and southward toward Helluland. Although it was thought to be a sea monster, research suggests that the...
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