Did the Vikings Discover the Azores 700 Years Earlier Than Portuguese Explorers?

Cyber Month Deal! Go to https://nordvpn.com/hilbert to get a 2-year plan plus 1 additional month with a huge discount. Thanks to NordVPN for sponsoring this video! The Azores is an archipelago made up of nine islands some 1,400 km from Portugal in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. As such it was thought that the first to discover these islands were the Portuguese themselves in the 15th century. However, recent research on the islands has instead pointed to much earlier human habitation dating back to the 9th century, the authors of several articles arguing that Norse Vikings were the first people on the Azore Islands some 700 years before the Portuguese. Viking Age Mice on the Azore Islands Paper: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/1... Pollen Core Samples on the Azore Islands: https://www.science.org/content/artic... Dr Christian Cooijmans on Twitter:   / 1451111698912485378   Raid the Merch Market: https://teespring.com/en-GB/stores/hi... Go Fund My Windmills (Patreon):   / historywithhilbert   Join in the Banter on Twitter:   / historywhilbert   Enter the Fray on Facebook:   / historywhilbert   Indulge in some Instagram..?(the alliteration needs to stop):   / historywithhilbert   0:00 - Intro 1:06 - Ground Core Samples from the Azores 4:57 - Nord VPN Ad 6:04 - 'Norse' Mice DNA on the Azores & Madeira? 9:30 - Norsemen around Iberia 10:51 - The Sea-Raven Islands 14:18 - Outro Music Used: Desert City - Kevin MacLeod Expeditionary - Kevin MacLeod Ever Mindful - Kevin MacLeod Infados - Kevin MacLeod Energizing - Kevin MacLeod Sunday Dub - Kevin MacLeod Send me an email if you'd be interested in doing a collaboration! [email protected] #Vikings #Azores #Portugal