Erik the Red

he murdered his two neighbours and was then banished out of the Viking society, he then sailed out of iceland, for fear of being killed himself, and found the new land he named Greenland. He built a small town with his family and followers and discovered more and more parts of Greenland. This is why he country is called Greenland.

sword, bow and arrow ,axe, armour, spears, helmet and others thing

He explored Greenland, and established two colonies there.

He had been banished from Iceland, so he was looking for a new area to colonize.

Erik red also liked to drees up like a pony princess!

because Greenland is a big country... the ice is far far away from the coast.. and the land between the ice and the coast is green... very green

he came up with the color red when he found America

Erik the Red left Iceland because he was banished. He was banished because his two thralls destroyed Erik's neighbor's farm, and his neighbor was allowed to choose his thralls' punishment. He chose to kill them. Erik was so mad, that he killed his neighbor. He was banished from Iceland for three years. So he sailed west and found Greenland. Like father like son. Erik was in Iceland because his father was banished from Norway because his father was convicted of manslaughter.

He had been banished from Iceland for three years. He was looking for a new place to start a settlement.

No one. He supplied his own ship and supplies.

He was looking for new lands to colonize.

he named it Greenland because it would sound like an interesting place so people would be attracted to there

yes he did he had one sister

People in the medieval times did not have a first and last name. That came as population grew. So Erik was the Erik with red hair and everyone in the area knew which person that was.

Erik the red discovered Greenland in the year 982.

he discovered Greenland

No one. He had been banished from Iceland and was looking for a new place to settle.

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He had about 37 wives. Backstabber!

They were both famous explorers.

Leif was Eriks son, hence Leif Erickson. Erik discovered a pretty big island, Greenland and Leif discovered a pretty big continent, North America. I would say he compares favorably.

He went to Greenland from Iceland.