The real Leif Erikson and Freydis Eiríksdóttir did travel to the “Golden Land” but not together – Freydis arrived there after ...

He is Leif Erikson, son of Erik the Red and, according to many, the first European to set foot on North America. If the soul of Leif Erikson were to materialize inside his statue for a day, much ...

Happy Leif Erikson Day! Every year on October 9, the Norse explorer from Iceland, who is believed to have settled in America hundreds of years before Christopher Columbus, is celebrated.

While Columbus' voyages did take him to a few Caribbean Islands, which are considered part of North America, Leif Erikson, a Norse explorer, traveled to "Vinland" (modern-day Newfoundland) circa ...

Today marked "Leif Erikson Day," which commemorates the "discovery of the New World" by the Norse explorer from Iceland, who is said to have settled in "Vinland" – likely modern day Newfoundland.

The Leif Erikson story has its ugly side. Racial theorists have used the evidence both real and manufactured of a Norse arrival before Columbus to prove that America somehow had Nordic “Aryan ...

Leif Ericson Park, between 66th and 67th streets, is named for Norse explorer Leif Ericson. Ericson was the first European to set foot in North America, nearly 500 years before Christopher Columbus.

Erikson was born in 970 and is believed to have lived until 1020. Like his father, Erikson too was an explorer and is believed to have been the first European to set foot on continental North America.

The dedication ceremony for the Leif Erikson Memorial was part of the Leif Erikson Day celebration held in St. Paul on October 9, 1949. An estimated 3,000 to 5,000 people attended the thirteen ...

The Leif Erikson ship was built by local boat builders in Korgen, Norway, to replicate the type of ship sailed by the Vikings in their settlement of North America around 997 A.D. The 42-foot ...

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