Did Vikings Explore New England? (Patreon)

Did Vikings Explore New England?

Happy Leif Erikson Day! In 1957, an amateur archaeologist found a medieval Norse penny on a beach in Maine. Does this mean Viking explorers made it to the continental United States? No. Well, maybe. Yes! Actually, nobody knows. Support Atun-Shei Films on Patreon ► https://www.patreon.com/atunsheifilms Leave a Tip via Paypal ► https://www.paypal.me/atunsheifilms Buy Merch ► https://teespring.com/stores/atun-shei-films Official Website ► https://www.atunsheifilms.com/ Original Music by Dillon DeRosa ► http://dillonderosa.com/ ~REFERENCES~ [1] Svein H. Gullbekk. “The Norse Penny Reconsidered: The Goddard Coin—Hoax or Genuine?” Journal of the North Atlantic, no. 33 (2017): Page 1–8 https://www.jstor.org/stable/26671890 [2] Robert McGhee. “Contact between Native North Americans and the Medieval Norse: A Review of the Evidence.” American Antiquity 49, no. 1 (1984): Page 4–26 https://doi.org/10.2307/280509 [3] Marshall McKusick & Erik Wahlgren. “The Norse Penny Mystery.” Archaeology of Eastern North America 8 (1980): Page 1–10 http://www.jstor.org/stable/40914181 [4] Kayla Fish. Maine's mysterious Viking penny part 1: real or hoax? (2018). YouTube https://youtu.be/ie-XdjXpIjk?si=CXZkqJP5g97qut7C