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===Vikings in Maine===

===Vikings in Maine===

Five hundred years earlier than [[Columbus]], the Viking raider Leif Ericson with a crew of 30 sailors are thought to have explored the Maine coast and possibly tried to establish a settlement here. The only piece of real evidence for this is the finding of an 11th-century Norse coin in Brooklin, Maine along with other artifacts when a former Native American trading center was excavated. This is not conclusive though, as the coin may have been used in trade from Newfoundland or may have been brought very much later by the English or Portuguese.<ref>http://www.answers.com/topic/leif-ericson</ref>

Some historians have suggested, without real evidence, that five hundred years earlier than [[Columbus]], the Viking raider Leif Ericson with a crew of 30 sailors are thought to have explored the Maine coast and possibly tried to establish a settlement here.  

 

The only potential evidence for this was the discovery of an 11th-century Norse coin in Brooklin, Maine along with other artifacts when a former [[Native American]] trading center was excavated. This is not conclusive though, as the coin may have been used in trade from [[Newfoundland]] or may have been brought very much later by the English or Portuguese.<ref>http://www.answers.com/topic/leif-ericson</ref>

===Colonization===

===Colonization===