Comments by "rejvaik" (@rejvaik00) on "Erik the Red: The Saga of Viking Greenland" video.

  1. Well also the Vikings weren't really keen to start a colony so far away from the treasures and resources they found all over Europe and Central Asia They never really wanted to start an age of discovery
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  2. Also the Vikings weren't really keen to start an age of discovery Navigation devices at sea either weren't invented or they weren't commonly used and restricted to the specific culture; (granted by 900ad the Arabs already had been using the Kamal for over 300 years which let them calculate their latitude and sail out of sight of land) (Polynesians used a unique system of sticks tied into various positions by thread to map out ocean currents and islands that one could reach if they followed those same currents) Norsemen, however relied heavily upon the stars for navigation and did a system of island hopping, staying insight of land and traveling from island to island Secondly, Why settle all these colonies so far away from Europe and Central Asia where the Vikings figured all the spoils and treasure was? The would be colonies had poor soil, resources are scarce and the travel towards them is difficult, making them just not worth it Only criminals or the most desperate would even consider it
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