The Norse mariner and adventurer Leif Ericson (971-ca. 1015) was the first Norseman to seek out the coast of North America. He introduced Christianity into Greenland. Leif Ericson was born in Iceland, the son of Eric the Red. He moved with his parents...

Leif Eriksson Born late 970s, Iceland Died 1020, Greenland The most reliable evidence of Leif Eriksson’s exploration of North America remains the sagas written almost 200 years after the events they describe. The two sagas chronicling the...

c. 970-c. 1020 Icelandic Explorer Half a millennium before Christopher Columbus's ships landed in the New World, Leif Eriksson and his crew of Vikings became the first Europeans to reach North America. They landed at several places on the coast...

Leif Ericson (Old Norse: Leifr Eiríksson)[1] (c. 970 – c. 1020) was a Norse[2] explorer thought to be the first European to have landed in North America.[3] According to the Norse sagas he established a Norse settlement at Vinland, which has been...

Imagine the world more than 1,000 years ago. The oceans were endless miles of hungry waves and unpredictable storms. Most people never left the villages in which they were born. Simply surviving in an age of disease and violence probably seemed enough adventure for...

Ceremony set for Leif Ericson statue Thursday, October 4, 2001 A ceremony to celebrate the recent lighting of the bronze statue of Leif Ericson at Juneau Park will begin at 1 p.m. Saturday . The celebration will include ethnic dancing, singing,...