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Leif Erikson was the first European to set foot in the New World, opening a new land rich with resources for the Vikings to explore. But for some unknown reason, the Vikings only made a few voyages to the New World after Leif.
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In 1487 the king sent Barhtolomeu Dias To explore the southern most part in Africa. When he was in the middle of his voyage he ran into a terbbile storm, in which he called the cape of storms which sent him of course.