Leif Erikson

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Leif Erikson (c. 970 – c. 1020), also spelled Eriksson, Ericson, or Eiriksson, Old Norse Leifr Eiríksson, byname Leif the Lucky, was a Viking explorer and son of Erik the Red, widely held to have been the first European to reach the shores of North America, named Vinland.

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