![]() ![]() These versatile ships allowed the Vikings to travel as far east as Constantinople and the Volga River in Russia, as far west as Iceland, Greenland, and Newfoundland, and as far south as Nekor. The ships could be landed on beaches, and their light weight enabled them to be hauled over portages. The Vikings employed wooden longships with wide, shallow-draft hulls, allowing navigation in rough seas or in shallow river waters. ![]() ![]() The Vikings (from Old Norse vĂkingr) were seafaring north Germanic people who raided, traded, explored, and settled in wide areas of Europe, Asia, and the North Atlantic islands from the late 8th to the mid-11th centuries. For other uses, see Norseman (disambiguation) and Northmen (disambiguation). ![]()
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