“Why was the land that today is characterized as a huge icecap named Greenland?”
Viking disinformation. The same reason Iceland got it’s misnomer.
“Why was the land that today is characterized as a huge icecap named Greenland?”
“Viking disinformation. The same reason Iceland got it’s misnomer.”
I heard the same thing. They wanted others to move on and not mess with Iceland so they called the crappy place Greenland, and the good place Iceland.
Snopes? Myth? Anyone know?