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Eriksson, Leif
Important Explorations (table)
see also Vikings
family members
festival honoring Leif Eriksson
memorial statue
painting of Leif Eriksson sighting Newfoundland
Vinland exploration
discovery of Viking ruins
first European to visit North America
forged archaeological evidence
Iceland
naming of Vinland
possible site of Vinland settlement
Viking longships, overview of
Vinland
Vinland
Vinland, name given to that part of North America first seen in or about 986 by Bjarni Herjólfsson, who was driven there by a storm during a voyage...
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