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Jun 2021
10m 44s

Vikingos, los colonos de Groenlandia

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ESPAñA
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Los noruegos se establecieron en la inhóspita Groenlandia durante casi 500 años, hasta que la abandonaron por razones que aún intrigan a los historiadores. La costa groenlandesa fue avistada por primera vez entre los años 900 y 930, de forma azarosa, cuando el navegante Gunnbjörn Úlf-Krakuson, perdido el rumbo y arrastrado hacia el oeste a través del océano ... Show More
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