The eleventh-century explorations and discoveries of Leif Eriksson were common knowledge in the European world of the fifteenth century.

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Leif Eriksson's explorations around the year 1000 AD, which led to the discovery of North America, were not widely known or acknowledged in the European world by the fifteenth century. Knowledge of his voyages was largely confined to Norse and Icelandic sagas and not part of the broader European consciousness until much later.

The Eleventh-Century Explorations and Discoveries of Leif Eriksson Were Common