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Grænlendinga Saga, Chapters 1 - 2, Eirik Explores Greenland, Bjarni Sights Land to the West

• Thorvald and his son Eirik the Red leave Norway because of some killings and settle in Iceland.

• Thorvald dies, and Eirik is banished. Eirik takes his wife and son, Leif, to the south.

• There Eirik gets into another fight and is sentenced with outlawry.

• Eirik leaves Iceland to look for land rumored to exist in the west. He discovers and explores Greenland.

• Eirik returns to Iceland and gathers people to emigrate to Greenland.
• Twenty five boats leave for Greenland but only fourteen boats of people make the trip successfully.

• Many people take possession of land and Greenland is settled.

• Bjarni, son of Herjolf Bardarson, is a wealthy merchant who spends much time away from home.

• He is surprised to find when he returns that his father has emigrated to Greenland.

• He immediately heads to...

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