Just one colony, which was abandoned after a couple of years.
He lead a group of Vikings, who became the first Europeans to land in America.
To North America.
Erik the Red and Thjodhild.
Erik the Red.
Columbus discovery started the colonization of the Americas. Leif's did not.
Erik the Red
To find new lands to colonize.
He had a half sister named Freydis.
To find new lands to colonize.
Brothers Thorvald and Thorsteinn and half sister Freydis.
He was the first European to land in North America.
He wasn't sponsored. He sailed on his own (with his crew) from his home in Greenland.