HIS101H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Arawak, Atlantic World, Weigh Station
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People come into sustained contact: history of the atlantic world. No real info on when people came into atlantic. There is first historical evidence of trans-atlantic crossing. Europeans most likely had greatest interest in getting to atlantic. They faced challenges like currents and winds. Columbus figured out if you go south of europe, currents will bring you across. If they could find a sea route, it would be cheaper. the atlantic. Norse, viking peoples were the first to cross the atlantic from europe (scandinavia) Vikings were the prelude to sustained contact across the atlantic. Vikings left europe and sailed west b/c. Rise in temperature led to increase in europe. More people pushed pressure on the land. Therefore, vikings left europe to find more land to live in. They traveled south and east, north and west as well. Sagas (long epic poems, mythological in character) were how we figured out about viking travels.
