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From Iceland the explorers again headed west, further into the great unknown. After some days of sailing, they discovered Greenland. Then, from there, "Leif the Lucky," a famous Viking, went all the way to Newfoundland in North America. Both in Greenland and in America, they set up temporary Viking camps. They could not secure those two newer territories, as they did not have the backup ships or supplies to thrive there. So the daring voyagers returned to Iceland, which became their own private territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. The island was then divided amongst the new settlers. They wrote a glowing report about America, which they called "The Land of Good Grapes." Over the centuries, that report filtered back to Norway and mainland Europe. Those Viking expeditions took place about five centuries before Columbus sailed west with his three well-stocked ships. But the Viking explorers never went back to North America because of the crushing limitations that Iceland soon inflicted upon them.