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Europe According to the Vikings in 1000 AD

April 22, 2015 7 Comments

Vikings via of Europe in 1000AD

Map created by Yanko Tsvetkov from Atlas of Prejudice 2: Chasing Horizons

The map above is a tongue-in-cheek look at how the Vikings may have viewed the rest of Europe in 1000 AD. It has everything from crazy relatives to the sea of the sweaty people.

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Filed Under: Europe Tagged With: vikings

Countries That Were Raided Or Settled By The Vikings Based On Modern Borders

January 21, 2015 20 Comments

Countries raided by vikings

Map by reddit user grankogle

While we tend to think of the Vikings as being based in and around Scandinavia, their activities took them a lot far further afield than that. The map above shows just how far.

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Filed Under: History Tagged With: vikings


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