Skip to content
Curated category

Northern America

  • AlaskaIn 2013, archaeologist Ben Potter unearthed the remains of a six-week-old infant at the Upward Sun River site in the Tanana Valley.
  • BermudaIn 1505, a Spanish explorer named Juan de Bermúdez sighted the islands that would bear his name. The first written record appeared in 1511 within Pedro…
  • GreenlandIn the summer of 986, a Norwegian exile named Erik the Red set sail from Iceland with his family and thralls. He explored an icy land to the northwest that…
  • CanadaIn 1534, French explorer Jacques Cartier planted a cross on the shores of Gaspé Bay and declared possession of New France in the name of King Francis I.