15th century in North America

viking settlement begun in the 10th century

Area of Norse Greenland

state in present-day central Mexico (c. 1300-1530)

Vatnahverfi (West Greenlandic: Tasikuluulik) was a district in the Norse Greenlanders’ Eastern Settlement (Eystribyggð) and is generally regarded by archaeologists and historians as having the best pastoral land in the colony. The Norse settled Vatnahverfi in the late 10th century and farmed there for nearly 500 years before mysteriously disappearing from the district and the entirety of Greenland, likely at some point in the latter 15th century. Its name is roughly translated as “Lake District." thumb|right|Pastoral land in Vatnahverfi. Modern farms in the district are almost invariably situa