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The first of these he named Helluland or Flat-Stone Land which is now Labrador.

The first of these he named Helluland or Flat-Stone Land which is now Labrador.

There is no evidence that he settled in North America.  "People have been looking hard for hundreds of years and there is no archeological evidence in this part — it's certainly possible, the Vikings were incredible boat handlers — but there is no evidence," observed Jeff Bolster, a University of New Hampshire professor of history.<ref>http://farshores.org/a04viki.htm</ref>  But folklore is that his second landfall was Markland, or Wood Land, possibly Newfoundland. The exact location of the third, which was named Vinland could have been as far north as northern Newfoundland or as far south as Cape Cod or even beyond this.  

There is strong evidence that he established a Norse settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland. From the late nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century, there was a controversy about whether or not the Norse reached North American before Columbus. The issue was finally laid to rest in 1960, when artifacts of Scanadiavian orign, dating to about 1000 AD were discovered in Newfoundland.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]s.  

According to some sources, Erikson was a [[Christian]] convert, and spread his new religion to his colonies.

According to some sources, Erikson was a [[Christian]] convert, and spread his new religion to his colonies.