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Leif Erikson, [note 1] also known as Leif the Lucky (c. 970s – c. 1018 to 1025), [1] was a Norse explorer who is thought to have been the first European to set foot on continental America, approximately half a millennium before Christopher Columbus.
Leif Erikson, Norse explorer widely held to have been the first European to reach the shores of North America. The 13th- and 14th-century Icelandic accounts of his life show that he was a member of an early voyage to eastern North America, although he may not have been the first to sight its coast.
Sep 20, 2018 · Leif Erikson (also spelled Leif Eriksson, Old Norse Leifr Eiríksson), nicknamed Leif 'the Lucky', was a Norse Viking who is best known for arguably being the first European to have set foot on North American soil along with his crew c. 1000 CE.
Apr 22, 2010 · Leif Erikson (spelling variations include Eiriksson, Erikson or Ericson), known as “Leif the Lucky,” was the second of three sons of the famed Norse explorer Erik the Red, who established a...
Dec 13, 2022 · Do We Know For Sure that Leif Erikson Discovered North America? Leif Erikson is the first European and Viking that was documented to have found and landed in North America, but the first Norseman to discover the continent was likely Bjarni Herjólfsson who allegedly sailed there in 986 CE but never landed.
Jun 13, 2006 · Leif Eriksson was the first European to explore the east coast of North America, including areas that are now part of Arctic and Atlantic Canada. Upon the death of his father, Erik the Red, Leif became paramount chieftain of the Norse colony in Greenland. The two main sources on him are The Saga of the Greenlanders and The Saga of Erik the Red.
Oct 3, 2022 · Leif Erikson, also known as Leif the Lucky, was a Norse explorer who was probably the first European to reach the North American continent, nearly four centuries before Christopher Columbus arrived in the Bahamas in 1492.
Leif Erikson (also spelled Ericsson, or Eiriksson) was the second of three sons of Erik the Red, who established a settlement in Greenland after he was exiled from Iceland.
Oct 8, 2013 · Leif Eriksson Day commemorates the Norse explorer believed to have led the first European expedition to North America.
Jul 30, 2019 · Leif Erikson, sometimes spelled Eriksson, is believed to have been the first European to discover and explore the North American continent. A Norse adventurer, Erikson made his way to Vinland, on the coast of what is now Newfoundland, and may have gone even further into the North American interior. Leif Erikson Fast Facts.
