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Leif Erikson
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Leif Erikson
Leif Erikson
or
Leif Ericson
( or ; ;
Icelandic
:
Leifur Eiríksson
;
Norwegian
:
Leiv Eiriksson
c. 970 – c. 1020) was an
Icelandic
explorer
considered by some as the first European to land in North America (excluding
Greenland
), before
Christopher Columbus
. According to the
Sagas of Icelanders
, he established a
Norse settlement
at
Vinland
, tentatively identified with the Norse
L'Anse aux Meadows
on the northern tip of
Newfoundland
in modern-day
Canada
.
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