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    Leif Ericson was a 10th century Norwegian-Icelandic Viking explorer who is believed to be the first European to have discovered North America, approximately 500 years before Christopher Columbus. Some key facts about Leif Ericson include that he was the son of Eric the Red, he led an expedition of 35 men to explore new lands across the Atlantic Ocean, and accounts from Icelandic sagas provide details of his voyage and exploration of areas potentially located in Canada and the northeastern United States, making him the first known European to reach North America.

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    Leif Ericson was a 10th century Norwegian-Icelandic Viking explorer who is believed to be the first European to have discovered North America, approximately 500 years before Christopher Columbus. Some key facts about Leif Ericson include that he was the son of Eric the Red, he led an expedition of 35 men to explore new lands across the Atlantic Ocean, and accounts from Icelandic sagas provide details of his voyage and exploration of areas potentially located in Canada and the northeastern United States, making him the first known European to reach North America.

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    Leif Ericson

    By Savannah, Natalie, and

    Leif Ericson was a


    Viking.

    Who was he?


    Leif Ericson
    He was a Viking
    He was a
    Norwegian
    Icelander
    He is the son of
    Eric the Red
    He was born in 970
    and died in 1020
    He had two sons

    What did he do?


    Leif Ericson traveled many lands and
    knew many great Vikings
    He knew the stories of gods and taught
    them to the Viking Children
    He traveled to Norway in 999
    Leif Ericson gathered a crew of 35 men
    to travel to discover new land
    He made the journey to North America
    before Columbus was born

    Fun Facts
    He was given the
    task of converting
    the population of
    Iceland to Christianity
    His father, Eric the
    Red, almost went
    with Leif Ericson on
    his trip to discover
    new lands but fell
    from his horse and
    was injured.

    The Saga of Eric the Red and the


    Saga of Greenlanders contain
    different accounts of the voyage to
    Vinland
    He brought the settlers long ships

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