Vikings in America
http://www.pc.gc.ca/progs/spm-whs/itm2-/site1_E.asp
(Eng)- oldest European settlement in North America
http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/nl/meadows/index_E.asp
(Eng) - more on the 1000 year old settlement
http://www.canoe.ca/nfflotilla2000/story_vikings.html
(Eng)- another site about the norse sailors in Newfoundland
http://www.heritage.nf.ca/exploration/norse.html - (Eng)
- more about the norse in Newfoundland
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/vinland/inspiration.html
- (Eng)- Norse settlers in North America and Iceland and reasons for exploration
The authenticity of the Vinland map ( viking map of North America)
The Kensington Rune Stone: Vikings in North America:
http://www.kensingtonmn.com/runestonepg.html
http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~bowen/mandans.html
http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=597&a=148442 - Swedish scientists
examine it.
http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=1058&a=245673
http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=1058&a=195445
http://www2.sofi.se/daum/katta/katta13/katta13.pdf - similar alphabet
http://www.historiska.se/misc/menyer-och-funktioner/menyer/globala-menyn/inenglish/
runic bibliography
http://www.neara.org/ROS/KRS.html - findings on the weathered surface of
the stone.
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