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. Leif Erikson's story ...

Erik would have many children including Leif Erikson, Thorvald ... hundred Vikings in Iceland to go to this new place called Greenland. Twenty-five ships set sail. Eleven sank en route.

Even in this woke age, the national holiday celebrating Leif Erikson’s landing in Newfoundland ... of North America’s coastline southwest of Greenland dubbed “Vinlanda Insula,” has ...

The medieval Scandinavians left an impact not just on Greenland and Iceland, but on France, England, Russia, Ireland, and even briefly North America. But how did Scandinavian society begin, and what ...