Fame and Fortune and he had to live up to his Dad's rep. His Dad discovered and settled Greenland making the Vikings indigenous to lower Greenland.
When Leif heard of a crew and ship that had seen a new land in the west he bought the ship and hired the crew to retrace their path.
Leif Ericson had to go through very hard times to know the lands. He was trying to get a map at the market, but none were available at the time! He went to the butcher then he found it.
From other Viking sailors who had been blown off-course, a common occurrence in the days of sail, especially with longships which had primitive sails.
They had been sighted by a fellow Viking named Bjarni Herjolfs.
He heard of them from a fellow Viking named Bjarni Herjolfs who had seen them from his ship.
He sailed west from Greenland, searching for new lands to colonize.
He heard of them from a fellow Viking named Bjarni Herjolfs who had seen them from his ship.
He was told of the lands by a fellow Viking named Bjarni Herjolfs, who had spotted them from his ship.