Erik the Red
c. 950-1004
Icelandic Explorer
First European to land on Greenland, Erik the Red gave that forbidding island its somewhat deceptive name, and founded a European colony there that would re...
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Erik the Red
Born c. 950, Stavanger, Norway Died c. 1004, Greenland
Erik the Red was a Norse explorer whose most important voyage began as the result of a violent feud. He was banished from his home...
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Eric the Red (born c. 950), Viking rover and founder of the first Scandinavian settlement in Greenland, was one of the early Viking explorers of North America.Born in Norway about 950, Eric Thorvaldss...
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Erik the Red
Erik the Red
Eric the Red