huitramannaland

Updated: June 22, 2025

Nothing was heard of him until part of the crew of a Norse vessel, on a voyage to Huitramannaland, were captured by the natives, among whom Biorn was living as a chief. He discovered an old acquaintance among the prisoners whom he found means to release. He talked freely with his old friend of the past, and of Iceland, but would not leave his savage friends.

John D. (John Denison) Baldwin - Ancient America, in Notes on American Archaeology

Traces of the old Norse settlements in Greenland are still visible in the ruins of stone buildings. Near the Bay of Igalito, in Greenland, are remains of a stone church. Vinland was covered with great forests, and there it was much easier and cheaper to build houses of wood. The Norse records speak also of a region south of Vinland to which voyages were made. It is called Huitramannaland.

John D. (John Denison) Baldwin - Ancient America, in Notes on American Archaeology