Did leif eriksson discover America

Answer 1

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."

Answer 2

Leif Eriksson discovered America in the year of 1000. He was sailing from west Norway to Greenland when strong winds blew his ship off course and carried his ship all the way to the North American coast.

Answer 3

The norsemen that discovered America was Bjarni Herjolfsson. Leif Erickson set out a few years after Byarni to follow his route. Christopher Columbus, went to America 500 years AFTER Leif Erickson. Most people think that Columbus found it first, but he did not.

Answer 4

He was the first European to land in America. It had been spotted years before by a Viking named Bjarni Herjolfs.

Answer 5

Yes. Leif Ericson did.