"colony" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- After the disappearance of the Norse colonies in Greenland, the Inuit had no contact with Europeans for at least a century.
- It was not until 1721 that a joint merchant-clerical expedition led by Danish missionary Hans Egede discovered that the Norse colonies in Southern Greenland had disappeared.
- The Norse colonies were later abandoned.
- While rejecting Danish authority, Olaf made it his mission to convert Norway and the Norse colonies in the west as quickly and as completely as possible.
- The Norse colonies disappeared in the late 15th century.
- While the Norse colonies in Greenland lasted for almost 500 years, the continental North American settlements were small and did not develop into permanent colonies.
- Diamond travels to the scenes of vanished civilizations like the Polynesian society on Easter Island and the medieval Norse colonies on Greenland.
- The Norse settlers were followed by immigrants from Norse colonies in Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Western Isles of Scotland.
- Erik founded the first Norse colonies in Greenland, and was based at the family estate Brattahlíð in the so-called Eastern Settlement, where Leif had his upbringing.
- Iceland's biggest problem was environmental fragility: by far the most fragile soils among the Norse colonies, and the second most fragile vegetation after Greenland.
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