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| Leif Leading His Crew |
Born 970, Iceland. He was a Norse explorer, who was son Eric The Red, another famous early explorer on this blog as well. He was the first one to land in North America for europe nearly 500 years before Christopher Columbus. He was the founder of Vinland. A lot of information on him was found in L'Anse aux Meadows. Which was a Norse site on the Northern tip of the island on Newfoundland. He married Thorgunna and had one son Thorkell Leifsson. Leif died 1020 at which he would be aged 49-50 the exact location is not known. Now in America they have a day called Leif Ericson Day on Oct. 9th.
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