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Leif Erickson sailed for Norse.
As the first European to set foot on North America.
a leaf hit is cannon it set off hit him and ended his life
Well it is said that Colombus wasn't the first European to set foot in America but Leif eriksson was , he wrote a book about it and he states that the Viking were really the first ones to set foot in America, therefore making him "Leif eriksson" famous . Leif erickson day is october 9th. leif Eriksson was also Christian and brought Christianity to the viking era.
In the year 998 they discovered Vinland, now known as Newfoundland, Canada.
His explorations were in search of spoils. He was an entrepraneur who with a small start achieved sufficient capital to go it alone.
In the year 1002 or 1003.
Leif Erikson was an Icelandic explorer known for leading the first European expedition to set foot in North America around 1000 AD, about 500 years before Columbus. His exploration is significant as it established early contact between Europeans and Indigenous peoples in the region, paving the way for future exploration and trade between the continents.
From Greenland.
Leif Eriksson sailed back to Norway, where his family was living at the time. Then he met the King (King Olaf the first) and he wanted Leif to go back to Greenland to teach Christianity to the people. So as he was sailing to Greenland, his ship got blown off course and ended up in North America. He was the first European to set foot on this ground but he wasn't the first to see it. An Icelandic sailor named Bjarni Herjulfsson had seen it first but didn't explore the land.
Yes. There is a consensus among scholars that the vikings traveled to what is today known as America five centuries prior to the travels of Christopher Columbus. The vikings gave America the name: "Vinland" or in English (Word by word translation): "Wine land." One interpretation is "meadow land." The most famous of these vikings was "Leif Erikson."
New lands to colonize.