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	Iceland - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		He established the first settlements in Greenland around this time, naming the land, according to legend, to attract settlers.
		Eirikr's son, Leifur Eiríksson, finally set foot in the Americas around the year 1000.
		While some say he was blown off course, it is most likely that he was deliberately seeking the land spotted by Bjarni Herjólfsson several years earlier.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Iceland (3137 words)

	LEIF ERICSSON ILEIFR - Online Information article about LEIF ERICSSON ILEIFR
		Vineland " or " Wineland, the See also:
		Eric the Red (Eirikr hinn raudi Thorvaldsson), the founder of the earliest Scandinavian settlements—from See also:
		In 999 he went from Greenland to the See also:
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /LAP_LEO/LEIF_ERICSSON_ILEIFR.html (1059 words)

	Icelandic History
		Iceland now becomes a launching pad for some amazing explorers.
		Eiríkr Thorvaldsson (Eric the Red) discovers Greenland in 982 after being ordered out of Iceland for manslaughter by the Althing.
		In 986 he will sail away from Iceland bound for Greenland together with many families willing to settle there.
	www.ancientworlds.net /aw/Article/496166 (739 words)

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