In the year 1002 or 1003.
Vinland
In the year 1002 or 1003.
The year 1000
He didn't. Greenland was discovered by Leif's father Erik the Red.
He was searching for new lands to colonize.
Leif Erikson was the first person from Europe to discover North America.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leif_Ericson for more info.
North America. He was the first European to set foot in North America.
Erik the Red or Leif Erikson's father was the first European to discover Greenland.
He didn't discover America. Leif Erikson, a viking, discovered America. He said there 500 years before columbus.
Leif Erikson sailed back to Greenland to tell his dad.
Yes, he discovered Greenland as well. He landed in wat is now the eastern coast of Southern Canada and Northern U.S.A. he named the are Vineland but after a short while North America was not inhabited again (other then the natives)
Mrs. Erikson :)