Anderson that suggested several fanciful disembarkation spots for the intrepid Viking, including in Rhode Island and Massachusetts (and is one reason why there’s a statue of Leif Erikson in ...

The cast of Vikings: Valhalla Season 3 includes Sam Corlett as Leif Erikson, Frida Gustavsson as Freydís Eiríksdóttir, Leo ...

Leif Erikson (also spelled Ericsson ... In 1963, archaeologists found ruins of a Viking-type settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows, in northern Newfoundland, which correspond to Leif's description ...

We'll show you here! "Leif Eriksson" was considered the first European to cross the North Atlantic and travel to North America. Sam Corlett plays the Icelander in Vikings: Valhalla. Here is what ...

While Leif Eriksson is the Viking name most familiar to Americans, the sagas devote as much space to Thorfinn and his voyage. Steinberg’s discovery supports a long-held theory that Thorfinn was ...

A Viking called Erik the Red discovered Greenland. It was Erick’s son, Leif Erikson, who sailed even further west and became the first European to visit the Americas. Leif had heard stories of ...

Satellite images have led archaeologists to a new excavation site in Canada, yielding more clues to Norse settlements in North America. 5 min read This story appears in the November/December 2016 ...