The settlement was probably going to be abandoned no matter what -- the Vikings didn't have firearm advantages. But if measles had spread over the trade routes in North America 500 years before Columbus, the great die-off would have happened earlier, and by the time France and England got involved the populations would have built back up. This time, there wouldn't have been such a big die-off, and the settlers who followed the explorers would have found a much more crowded coastline. No room, no room.
What then?
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