Western Settlement

Western Settlement

The Western Settlement ( _no. Vestribyggð) was the smaller of the two areas of Greenland settled in around 985 AD by Norse farmers from Iceland (the other settlement being the Eastern Settlement). Much less is known about the Western settlement than the Eastern settlement, very little mention in the written sources and no direct descriptions in any of the medieval sources on Greenland. The Norse settlement is last mentioned in mid 14th century, when a traveller from the Eastern Settlement found only vacant farms. At its peak, the Western settlement probably had 1000 inhabitants. Its smaller size was due to the shorter growing season.

Despite its name, the Western Settlement was more north than west of its companion and, like the Eastern Settlement, was located on the southwestern coast of Greenland at the head of a long fjord (farther inland than Nuuk, Danish: Godthåb). The largest of the Western Settlement farms was Sandnes.

ee also

* History of Greenland
* Eastern Settlement

ource

*Diamond, J. (2005). "". New York: Penguin.


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