Why is Greenland called Greenland?
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Eric the Red discovered Greenland. He named it Greenland from the Danish word gronland which means greenland.
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In the Norse sagas, it is said that Eiríkur Rauði (Erik the Red) was exiled from Iceland for murder. He, along with his extended family and slaves, set out in ships to find the land that was rumored to be to the northwest. After settling there, he named the land Grænland ("Greenland") in order to attract more people to settle there. The fjords of the Southern part of the island were lush and had a warmer climate at that time, possibly due to what was called the Medieval Warm Period.
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A dodgy real estate salesman OR Two theories I know say that before it was discovered, it was thought that a land to the west of Iceland had to exist, being lush and green. The lower part of Greenland in the summer is indeed quite lush, and coming off a long voyage it would seem a fitting name. The other theory is that Greenland is a misconstruing of a foreign name or word which would have been originally part of the title.
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its discoverer dropped a couple hits of LSD and thought that all that ice was a big golf course.
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in History we were told that it was used as a trick on Napoleon to make him think he was gonna be fighting in a nice place. Can you say wrongo!!! He was defeated. Same with Iceland its really a nice place.
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It was the breadbasket of the Vikings.
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marketing. it was a way for the Vikings who discovered it to get others to settle there.
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It was the vikings way of attraction people there. Once they arrived they slaughtered them.
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