Though he never landed, his tales of mysterious new lands set Viking imaginations on fire. Leif Eriksson, son of Erik the Red, would later purchase Bjarni's ship and follow these clues to make ...

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 ...

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 ...

the Norseman Leif Erikson set foot in North America, becoming the first European to do so. Erikson’s travels took him to the coast of what is now Canada in the far northwest Atlantic.

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 ...