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The first known Europeans to contact the Americas are believed to have been the Vikings ("Norse"), who established several colonies in the Americas from the 11th century. One Viking, Leif Erikson established a short-lived settlement in Vinland, present day Newfoundland. Settlements in Greenland survived for several centuries, during which time the Greenland Norse and the Inuit people experienced mostly hostile contact. By the 15th century the Norse Greenland settlements had collapsed.