Ridpath's history of the world : being an account of the principal events in the career of the human race from the beginnings of civilization to the present time : comprising the development of social institutions and the story of all nations . ^ other companies of Norsemen came tothe shores of America. Thorwald, Lcifsbrother, made a voyage to Maine and Massa-chusetts in 1002, and is said to have died atFall River, in tlie latter state. Then anotherbrother, Thorsteix by name, arrived with aband of followers in 1005 ; and in the year1007, TiiORFiNN Karlsefne, the most distin-guished mariner of
Ridpath's history of the world : being an account of the principal events in the career of the human race from the beginnings of civilization to the present time : comprising the development of social institutions and the story of all nations . ^ other companies of Norsemen came tothe shores of America. Thorwald, Lcifsbrother, made a voyage to Maine and Massa-chusetts in 1002, and is said to have died atFall River, in tlie latter state. Then anotherbrother, Thorsteix by name, arrived with aband of followers in 1005 ; and in the year1007, TiiORFiNN Karlsefne, the most distin-guished mariner of his daj, came with a crewof a hundred and fifty men, and made explo- 164 UNIVERSAL HISTORY.—THE MODERN WORLD. rations along the coast of Massacliusetts, KliodeIsland, and perhaps as far south as the capesof Virginia. Other companies of Icelanders. NORSE SEA-KING OF THE ELEVENTH CENTlRY. and Norwegians visited the countries farthernorth, and planted colonies in Newfoundlandand Nova Scotia. Little, however, was knownor imagined by these rude sailors of the ex-tent of the country which they had discovered.,They supposed that it was only a portion ofWestern Greenland, which, hending to thenorth around an arm of the ocean, had reap-peared in the west. The settlements whichwere made, were feeljle and soon broken was an impossibility in a countrywhere there were only a few wretched savageswith no disposition to buy and nothing at allto sell. The spirit of adventure was soon ap-peased, and the restless Northmen returned totheir own country. To this undefined line ofcoast, now vaguely known to them, the Norsesailors gave the name of Vinland ; and theold Icelandic chroniclers insist that it was apleasant and beautiful country. As comparedwith their own mountainous and frozen islandof the North, the coasts of New England nuiyw
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