In the year 1002 or 1003.
From Greenland.
New lands to colonize.
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Leif Eriksson set sail with a crew of 34 men from Greenland in the year 1000 A.D
He was the first European to set foot in North America. In fact, he arrived 500 years before Columbus.
Leifr Eiríksson. In my good Norse. Would be called Leif Ericson in your puny English.
Scandinavia
He was a European who was born in Iceland. He was the first known European to set foot on and explore North America, except for Greenland.
The 11th-century Norse explorer who established Vinland was Leif Erikson. He was the son of Erik the Red, the founder of the first Norse settlement in Greenland. Leif Erikson is considered to be the first known European to have set foot in North America.
In reality, Leif Ericson was the first European to set foot in North America, but it was not known to the rest of Europe that a new world was out there until after Columbus' death.
Leif Ericson hoped to find new land and resources for colonization beyond the Viking settlements in Greenland. He set out on exploratory expeditions to discover new territories for trading and settlement. His journeys are considered important in Norse history for potentially reaching North America around the year 1000, before Christopher Columbus.
Leif Eriksson is believed to have first set foot in North America around the year 1000 AD. His expedition is considered one of the earliest known European explorations of the continent.