The Vikings
Raiders and Explorers
TV-Y7
S1 • E3 Jul 15, 2015 45mThe map of the western hemisphere shows no place untouched by Viking explorers. Following the coastline of Norway into the Arctic sea, traders in Walrus tusks and whale fat explored the arctic wastes bringing rich wares home to trade in the marts of Birke and Hedeby. These were the rich northern routes the Kings of Denmark coveted when they claimed Norway as theirs. On the other hand, Viking sailors pillaged and plundered the rich Irish coastline, taking slaves to Iceland where they would serve on the barren uplands as shepherds. Pushing out further still the Vikings headed west, founding Greenland and west even further, under Leif Eriksson, to discover the Americas.