🇨🇦 Canada · Archaeological wonder
Estotiland – Corte-Real Phantom Labrador of Zeno
Renaissance (1558 – 1620) · Venetian cartographic
Large hook-shaped Labrador-as-island on Zeno 1558 — large island appearance of Labrador mainland seen offshore.
🇨🇦 Canada · Ancient village
L'Anse aux Meadows
Viking Age 1000–1006 CE (Norse Vinland exploration) · Norse Greenlanders (Icelandic Norse under Leifr Eiríksson / Thorfinn Karlsefni saga context)
Only confirmed Norse village in North America and earliest European settlement (~1000–1006 CE): eight turf-and-timber sod houses (halls 25×5 m, iron smithy, carpentry shed, charcoal kilns) on Épaves…