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Bjarni Herjólfsson was a Norse explorer and first European to visit mainland America. He first sighted the land in 986 while trying to reach Greenland. His ship went off track and he came within visual range of the land but decided not to visit. He however visited the land some time later. Unfortunately he did not maintain any record of his visit and was even admonished by King Eric for not investigating the potential of this new found land. It is therefore not possible to tell whether he saw or met any native Americans.

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Bjarni Herjólfsson was a 10th century Norse explorer who is credited to be the first European to reach the present day North America. In 986 AD while trying to sail to Greenland to see his father he went off track and came within visual range of North American land but despite his pleading crew he did not stop over and after correcting his track he sailed to Greenland. He however, did visit the land after few years but failed to keep any records nor did he investigate the potential of the land for which he was criticized even by King Eric, ruler of Norway.


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