He wasn't...Erik Thorvaldsson was known as "Eric the Red"
The names were Thorwald and Thorsten.
Yes, he was.
Erick Erickson has written: 'Red state uprising' -- subject(s): Politics and government, Political parties
ERIC THE RED
Leif erickson brought with him 34 crew members, to whom are not know to this day. But 3 are known. He brought Thyker (a slave) his brother, and father, the famous, Eric the red.
His father Eric the Red.
Leif Erickson didn't spangle his angle, but his father Eric the Red did. So his father could not go with him, so he traveled alone.
His father, Erik the Red, who was also an explorer.
He didn't. His father, Erik the Red, discovered Greenland.
The man that taught Leif Eriksson was Thyrker
None. It was his father, Erik the Red, who was kicked out of Norway and Iceland.
He was probably influenced by his father, Erik the Red, who was already an explorer.