Sentence examples for eastern settlement from inspiring English sources

Thorfinn, who was a successful trader and sea captain, reached what was known as the eastern settlement of Greenland with a group of colonists in 1003.

Lucullus and others were determined to prevent the en bloc ratification of Pompey's eastern settlement and to reject his demand for land for his veterans.

Of the 25 ships that sailed from Iceland, only 14 ships are believed to have landed safely at an area later known as Eystribygd ("Eastern Settlement").

The Norse established two main colonies: the Western Settlement, which was not far from present-day Nuuk, and the Eastern Settlement, which was actually in the south.

Archeologists have since determined that the Western Settlement failed around the year 1400 and the Eastern Settlement a few decades later.

In contrast, this paper presents data from Vatnahverfi, an inland district of the Eastern Settlement, and explores the emergence of a cultural landscape through three pollen sequences at variable distances from Norse farms.

The Portuguese, who arrived on the east coast of Africa at the end of the 15th century, dreamed of opening up the interior and establishing a route to connect their eastern settlements with Angola in the west.

Hundreds of north-eastern settlements have proclaimed themselves "red democracy villages" since today's general election was announced, in the latest evolution of the anti-government redshirt movement.

Fuel oil for heating and other bulky supplies are carried to eastern Arctic settlements by seagoing supply ships operated by a number of commercial carriers.

The 1990 revolt of the Croatian Serbs was centered on the predominantly Serb-populated areas of the Dalmatian hinterland around the city of Knin, parts of Lika, Kordun, Banovina regions and in eastern Croatian settlements with significant Serb populations.

The revolt centred on the predominantly Serb-populated areas of the Dalmatian hinterland around the city of Knin, parts of the Lika, Kordun and Banovina regions and eastern Croatian settlements with a significant Serb population.