No, not that historians are aware of from Viking sources. Vikings often aimed to travel but also to be able to get back to their home base in Scandinavia, Britain, Europe, Iceland and Greenland.The Vikings originated from the area that became modern-day Denmark, Sweden, and Norway. They settled in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Iceland, Greenland, North America, and parts of the European mainland, among other places.The announcement of a Viking trade station in Western Australia came as a surprise to many, but the spoof was quickly seen through by most. This story, while conceived of as a hoax, fits within a genre of pseudoarchaeology that claims that the Vikings, the Phoenicians and even the Aztecs found Australia.

Where did the original Vikings originate from : Scandinavia

The homelands of the Vikings were in Scandinavia, but the countries of Scandinavia as we know them today did not exist until the end of the Viking-age. Wherever they lived, the Viking-age Scandinavians shared common features such as house forms, jewellery, tools and other everyday equipment.

Who inhabited New Zealand first

Māori

Māori were the first to arrive in New Zealand, journeying in canoes from Hawaiki about 1,000 years ago.

Who was the first European to go to New Zealand : explorer Abel Tasman

The first European to arrive in New Zealand was the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman in 1642. The name New Zealand comes from the Dutch 'Nieuw Zeeland', the name first given to us by a Dutch mapmaker.

No, The Scandinavians (later called Vikings), like the Anglo-Saxons (English) were a sub group of the Germanic peoples. Germanic is a broad umbrella term for the people that speak a group of languages that are interrelated and lived in the northern part of Europe.

Yes, the ancient Norsemen of the Viking Age were commonly known to have blue eyes. This distinct physical trait is often associated with the Scandinavian region and its historical inhabitants. While not all Vikings had blue eyes, it was a prevalent feature among them.

Why didn’t the Dutch Colonise Australia

Twenty-nine other Dutch navigators explored the western and southern coasts in the 17th century, and dubbed the continent New Holland. Most of the explorers of this period concluded that the apparent lack of water and fertile soil made the region unsuitable for colonisation.Scientists say a new dating technique analysing tree rings has provided evidence that Vikings occupied a site in Newfoundland, Canada, in 1021AD. It has long been known that Europeans reached the Americas before Columbus's arrival in the New World in 1492.Old Norse

The Vikings spoke Old Norse, also known as Dǫnsk Tunga/Norrœnt mál. Old Norse was a North Germanic language spoken by the Vikings in Scandinavia, the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Greenland, and in parts of Russia, France, the British Isles where Vikings had settled.

Most modern Scandinavians do descend (at least in large part) from the same people who lived in Scandinavia during the time referred to as the “Viking age”. In technical terms “Vikings” refers to only the people who went on raids or seafaring missions during the Viking age.

Who killed Moriori : The Moriori genocide was the mass murder and enslavement of the Moriori people, the indigenous ethnic group of the Chatham Islands, by members of the mainland New Zealand iwi Ngāti Mutunga and Ngāti Tama from 1835 to 1863.

What are the 7 waka that came to New Zealand : The seven waka hourua that arrived to Aotearoa were Tainui, Te Arawa, Mātaatua, Kurahaupō, Tokomaru, Aotea and Tākitimu.

Who are the original people of New Zealand

The Māori are the Indigenous People of Aotearoa (New Zealand). Although New Zealand has adopted the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, the rights of the Maori population remain unfulfilled.

The North Germanic peoples of the Viking Age went by various names among the cultures they encountered, but are generally referred to as Norsemen.People from the Nordic region of Europe are usually considered the closest relatives of Vikings. The Nordic region consists of Norway, Sweden, and Denmark.

What did the Dutch originally call Australia : New Holland

After Dutch navigators charted the northern, western and southern coasts of Australia during the 17th Century this newly found continent became known as 'New Holland'.