Why did the Vikings discovery of America not become widely known and reach 15th century Spain and Italy by the time Columbus set out? Was there any knowledge or record of it?

by bats_and_lovesongs
y_sengaku

There will always be more to be discussed in detail, but I posted some answers before to similar questions as OP's:

In short, I suppose that the rumor of Vinland itself, an other-worldly island in the ocean, sounded not so promising and it was not so likely to have attracted few attraction from foreigners in the Middle Ages.