Phrenotopia's video: What If the Vikings Stayed in North America Alternate Afterthought

In 1492, Christopher Columbus arrived in the Americas. This event was to become the first foothold for a lasting presence of European settlers. It led to the eventual transformation of the population of the entire two continents. However, Columbus himself was preceded with 5 centuries by a small band of Norse Vikings. The intense hostility from the locals reportedly discouraged the Vikings from continuing their American adventure.c But what if the Vikings were not kicked out of North America? What would have happened to the Americas instead? Here’s one scenario! Credits: IMAGES - commons.wikimedia.org - pixabay.com “Vikings” on history.com http://www.history.com/shows/vikings/pictures/season-2-episode-10-the-lords-prayer/vikings_season2_episode10_gallery_5 - “Winding Path” by Daniel McDermott https://www.flickr.com/photos/7716310@N03/3499499024 - “David and Goliath 2008” (Settlers of Catan gameplay) by Matej Batha https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nepomuk_280_-_Osadn%C3%ADci_z_Katanu.jpg MUSIC - Intro "Electropulse" by TechSmith - Ambient: Floating Synth Melody at 130 BPM C major loop music by Lemoncreme https://www.freesound.org/people/Lemoncreme/sounds/231578/ - Outro: "Medieval Introduction song" by Tristan Lohengrin https://freesound.org/people/Tristan_Lohengrin/sounds/319781/ SOUND EFFECTS - "Cracking/Crunching, A.wav" by InspectorJ on Freesound.org https://freesound.org/people/InspectorJ/sounds/333818/ - “Ancient, old time battle mix” by YleArkisto on Freesound.org https://freesound.org/people/YleArkisto/sounds/258207/ COPYRIGHTS Any copyrighted material used in this video is done so for purposes of education, review and/or satire and thus covered by "Fair Use". No ownership is claimed for any such materials other than my own.