Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-24577079-20141203031648/@comment-24577079-20141203213102

Mscoree wrote: I don't see how Leif Erikson not being Christian correlates to Norse settlement in the Americas. You could also make the argument that him not being Christian would, if anything, lower the chances of Norse settlement, considering that he reportedly discovered Vinland while on a mission from Olaf Tryggvason of Norway to introduce Christianity to Greenland.

Saturn120 wrote: Your right there, though probably via some crazy ATL stuff, he could've looked for a way to look for new trade partners (assuming the Celts were defeated).

Leif Erikson wasn't looking for trade partners when he arrived at Vinland. I doubt he would "look for a way to look" for such a thing, when he has no intention of doing something like that. I'm not really sure what you mean by Celts being defeated. For one I hope you realize that by the time Leif Erikson flourished Celts had developed into Scottish, Welsh, etc, he didn't live during Roman times for example. If by Celts you mean Celtic people like the ones mentioned above, I doubt Leif Erikson, presumably an Icelander, had little to do with trading in the British Isles. Also remember that at this time parts of modern day Scotland and Ireland were ruled by the Norse or their descendants, such as the Kingdom of the Isles, so I'm not really sure how you define "defeated" in this context. Yeah, I meant the Celtic ethnicity, sorry if I confused you. (Tbh I am not an expert on this time period, lol).

If Leif Erikson wasn't looking for trade partners, then what was he looking for? Was he exploring just for the sake of exploring or was he looking for something else?