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Eric the Red: Explorer. Eric the Red (950?-1003 or 1004?) was a Viking explorer who was the first European in Greenland. He sailed from Iceland in 982 and led a group of colonists to Greenland in 986. ... Eric the Red (also called Erik Thorvaldson, Eirik Raude, or Eirik Torvaldsson) was born in Norway, but his family settled...
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Erik the Red - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Erik the Red (950–c. 1003) (Old Norse: Eiríkr rauði ; Icelandic: ; Norwegian: ; Danish: ; Swedish: ; Faroese: ) founded the first Nordic settlement in Greenland. Born in the Jæren district of Rogal...
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Eric the Red (also Erik Thorvaldson, Eirik Raude or Eirik Torvaldsson) was a native of Norway and the founder of the first European settlement in Greenland. Nicknamed for the color of his hair, Eric ... Eric the Red: Explorer...
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Erik the Red Thorvaldsson ... In 980-81, Eric therefore decided to explore land sighted by his friend Gunnbjörn Úlfsson to the west of Iceland. The course Eric followed took him to the island he named Greenland. ... The Vikings > Who were the Vikings? > Famous Vikings > Leif Ericsson > ERIC THE RED...
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Saga of Erik the Red - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Eiríks saga rauða or the Saga of Erik the Red is a saga on the Norse exploration of North-America. It begins by telling of Erik's father, Thorvald Asvaldsson and the violent conflict he found...
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Relief of Erik the Red ... 950-1003 AD) was called Erik the Red because of his red beard and hair, and perhaps also because of his fiery temper. It is said that he was a particularly hot-headed fellow who, after being exiled from first Norway and later Iceland, finally settled in Greenland.
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The voyage of Eric the Red is an exciting account of the early European explorers ... Freydisa, the daughter of Eric the Red, obtained a willing permission to go with them, and share in the profits of the voyage. She was an artful, intriguing, deceitful and fiery-tempered woman, and Lief and his family hoped she would remain...
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