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[[File: Viking-Voyage.png|300px|thumbnail|left|Map Showing the Extent of Viking/Norse Exploration and Colonization: the Numbers Indicate the Year They a Made Particular Voyage While the Light Green Shading Shows Their Homelands and Later Colonies]]__NOTOC__
Norse or Viking exploration is fairly well-known thanks in large part to a considerable amount of surviving primary sources. The Vikings explored and established colonies as far west as North America and to the east in Russia. Modern scholars know this due to a plethora of written texts, which includes those written by the Norse as well as the many people they came into contact within Europe and the Middle East. Modern archaeological work has also helped uncover many of the mysteries of the Norse <i>sagas</i>, which were semi-historical stories about their kings, nobles, and various other heroes who were worthy in Viking eyes of being remembered for their great deeds.