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	Kor-amm Sheftick Paper 1
		Leif led a small group of Vikings around the year 1000 and landed on the northeast coast of North America.
		Leif Eirikson was born sometime around 950 in Iceland.
		Leif Eirikson's brother was shot with an Indian arrow, and internally the Vikings started to quarrel over their women.
	members.aol.com /jdowl33910/ksheftick2.html (785 words)

	Leif Erikson
		Leif Erikson was the first European to set foot in the New World, opening a new land rich with resources for the Vikings to explore.
		Leif was also taught the old sagas, plant studies, and the use of weapons.
		When Leif was not learning he and his friends would watch the ships come into the harbor; then he would listen to the tales of the sailors.
	www.mnc.net /norway/LeifErikson.htm (1629 words)

	Entering Vinland, Viking colony of Leif Ericsson in North America
		As we all know from our history books, the Greenlander Leif Ericsson, son of Eric the Red led a colonizing expedition in AD 1000, sailing west from Iceland and Greenland and establishing a colony he called "Vinland" on what is now thought to be the coast of modern-day Newfoundland or New Brunswick.
		The obverse shows Leif in a Viking helm (witout horns!) holding a sceptre, and with the inscription LEIF EIRICSSON (the old spelling).
		Leif wisely chose to bury the entire hoard rather than bring back hard evidence of his own rebellious intent...
	www.shirepost.com /LeifEricsson.html (1187 words)

	The Australian Viking Ships Museum - Leif Eirikson's Day
		Leif Eirikson's Day, October 9, was proclaimed by US President Bill Clinton to celebrate Leif's voyage to North America in ships of the Gokstad tradion.
		As we remember Leif Erikson, whose voyage preceded so many rugged immigrants who braved the North Atlantic in search of economic, political, and religious liberties, let us pay tribute to his courage and renew our commitment to freedom.
		In honor of Leif Erikson of Iceland, grandson of Norway the Congress by joint resolution approved on September 2.
	www.angelfire.com /oz/viking_ships_museum/Leif_Eirikson.htm (434 words)

	Teacher's Introduction to the Norse
		The facts of their travels and landfalls and the rough chronology of these events agree with other period sources, and are further confirmed by modern archaeology.
		Leif and his crew of 35 sailed west from Greenland and worked their way south.
		On arrival at Leif's houses, Freydis refused to shelter the second crew, who then had to construct a new house for themselves.
	www.warehamforge.ca /teacher2.html (1848 words)

	Civilization.ca - Oracle - Vinland
		According to the early Icelandic stories known as sagas, the first sighting of North America was by a skipper named Bjarni Herjulfsson, who was on his first voyage from Iceland to visit his family in Greenland.
		Vinland was a land of good grazing and timber, which Leif named after the grapes he found.
		Leif's reports led to four voyages to Vinland over the next ten years.
	www.civilization.ca /educat/oracle/modules/rmcghee/page01_e.html (697 words)

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		Bjarni Hjerolfson--986 Leif' s expedition explored the coast of of far northern Canada, naming the major first areas he came upon Markland, Helluland and the farthest south and most attractive Vinland for the wild grapes he found growing there.
		Thorvald Erickson Further inland explorations were made by Thorvald Eirikson, Leif's brother, who may have been responsible for stone carvings along the river basins of the northern united states and canada.
		This colony was called Leifsbudir after Leif Eirikson and despite the years and rough weather of the area its archaeological remains of this colony have been identified and excavated fairly recently.
	www.fontcraft.com /history/h1notes.asc (21092 words)

	Norse Exploits - The Gold Scales
		Snorre Sturlason writes in the 1200s that (Lucky) Leif, a son of Eirik the Red, who first settled in Greenland, came this summer (A.D. 999) from Greenland to Norway; and as he met King Olaf he adopted Christianity, and passed the winter (A.D. 1000) with the king.
		Hrane was all winter in England, and got promises from many powerful men of fidelity, as the people of the country would rather have native kings over them; but the Danish power had become so great in England, that all the people were brought under their dominion.
		People called him afterwards Leif the Lucky: but his father Eirik said that his luck and ill luck balanced each other; for if Leif had saved a wreck in the ocean, he had brought a hurtful person with him to Greenland, and that was the priest.
	oaks.nvg.org /an6ra14.html (3550 words)

	Norway Info - Norwegian IMPACT -
		Though there wasn't a lot of "green" there, the name he gave his land was attractive and might have led people to believe that conditions were better there than they were in reality.
		The Icelandic born Leif Eirikson, son of Eirik the Red (see above), followed in his father's footsteps and discovered more new land: He found a land he called Helluland (Flatstone Land, probably Baffin Island), then he sailed to Markland (Forest Land, Labrador), and from there to Vinland.
		Eiriks saga rauda has a different version: according to this, Leif put out to sea from Norway, in order to sail home to Greenland; he was driven off course, and came to an unknown land where he found self-sown wheat and vine trees.
	www.cyberclip.com /Katrine/NorwayInfo/Inv/leif.html (469 words)

	EFFin’ Unsound » Blog Archive » Don, I Love Ya’
		While sailing from Norway to Greenland on a Christian missionary expedition Eirik’s son, Leif Eirikson made a discovery.
		In the Saga of the Greenlanders scribes detail the exploits of Leif who explored the coasts of Newfoundland, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick in eastern Canada.
		Eirikson’s German foster father Tyrkir is credited for finding grapes in “Vinland”;.
	effinunsound.com /?p=23 (1427 words)

	Utvandrersenteret
		That date the thirty - nine ton sloop "Restauration" from Stavanger arrived in the port of New York.
		Leif Eirikson at the end of the first millenium.
		Those who had joined in the Dutch New Amsterdam venture in the seventeenth century; and other individuals who had made the crossing earlier before 1825.
	www.utvandrersenteret.no /engelsk/utstilling4_eng.html (386 words)

	The Vikings in Newfoundland
		Of his brood, Leif, soon to be named Leif the Lucky, was bitten by the exploration bug.
		On or about 1001 AD, Leif, with Bjarni at the helm, set sail from Greenland to find the lands described by Bjarni, by back-tracing Bjarni's steps.
		Vinland was inhabited by a series of explorers, including the brothers and sister of Leif, for the next seven or eight years.
	www.mysteriesofcanada.com /Newfoundland/vikings.htm (659 words)

	New thoughts for lawsuits [Archive] - XtremeSystems Forums
		But Leif Erickson, who lived in Greenland, was excited about finding the New Land.
		Leif's brother, Thorvald wanted to explore the land more.
		When Leif heard what his sister had done, he didn't feel he could punish her.
	www.xtremesystems.org /forums/archive/index.php/t-73360.html (1721 words)

	RILW - S. Majumder paper
		This caused an Icelander to point out that it was Leif Eirikson's father who came from Norway, and not Leif Eirikson himself.
		Leif was actually an Icelander, as he was born there.
		By hearing different opinions, the kids learn how to understand each side, and be more capable of figuring out for themselves what they think of the events in question.
	www.topedge.com /rilw/Papers/Odd.html (2516 words)

	OMACL: Heimskringla: King Olaf Trygvason's Saga: Part III
		On this account his friends were attached to him warmly, and his enemies feared him greatly; and thus he made such a fortunate advance in his undertakings, for some obeyed his will out of the friendliest zeal, and others out of dread.
		Leif, a son of Eirik the Red, who first settled in Greenland, came this summer (A.D. 999) from Greenland to Norway; and as he met King Olaf he adopted Christianity, and passed the winter (A.D. 1000) with the king.
		The winter after King Olaf had baptized Halogaland, he and Queen Thyre were in Nidaros; and the summer before Queen Thyre had brought King Olaf a boy child, which was both stout and promising, and was called Harald, after its mother's father.
	omacl.org /Heimskringla/trygvason3.html (8748 words)

	Amazon.ca: leif: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Leif the Lucky by Ingri Daulaire and Edgar P. Daulaire (Paperback - Jan 1995)
		The Age Of Knights and Friars, Popes And Reformers: The History Of The Christian Church from Leif Eirikson to Martin Luther (AD 1000-1517) by Leigh Churchill (Paperback - April 2005)
		Leif Eriksson: Norwiegan Explorer by Cynthia Fitterer Klingel and Robert B. Noyed (Library Binding - Aug 2002)
	www.amazon.ca /s?ie=UTF8&keywords=leif&tag=54003-20&index=books&link_code=qs&page=1 (322 words)

	Athena Review 1,3: The Vikings in Vinland
		As described in the Graenlendinga Saga, Bjarni Herjolfsson was the first to sight the North American coast around 985 AD, but did not allow his crew to land.
		Better known is the Viking explorer Leif Eirikson (called Leif the Lucky), whose voyages to the North American coasts are recorded in both of the Vinland sagas.
		That narrative tells how eight Indians were killed by Thorvald, Leif Eirikson's brother, and the battle which ensued.
	www.athenapub.com /vinland1.htm (607 words)

	vikingage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		They settled in Iceland, Greenland and also a legendary place called Vinland.
		Icelandic sagas told of this rich land discovered and settled by Leif Eirikson.
		But nothing tangible was ever found proving that Vikings had landed on the shores of North America long before Columbus.
	www.norseamerica.com /vikingage/vikingage.html (375 words)

	Books by Leigh Churchill, compare prices
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		The Age Of Knights and Friars, Popes And Reformers : The History Of The Christian Church from Leif Eirikson to Martin Luther (AD 1000-1517)
		Blood of Martyrs : The History of the Christian Church from Pentecost to the Age of Theodosius (AD 397) Church History Unfolded, Through the Stories That are the Inher
	www.allbookstores.com /author/Leigh_Churchill.html (89 words)

	Leif Eirikson revisited (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		IIRC, when Leif Eirikson Day was brought up last year, there was a
		that Leif Eiriksson's Christianizing mission to Greenland on behalf of
		That xtians would claim a pagan Leif as one of their own would not
	www.groupsrv.com /religion/ntopic71804.html (218 words)

	Facing Arctic Change (Norway - the official site in the United States)
		Together with his archeologist wife Anne Stine, Ingstad discovered the ancient Viking settlement L’Anse aux Meadows built around AD 1000.
		Their findings proved that Leif Eirikson and his Viking crew had arrived in North America almost 500 years before Colombus, and thereby changed North American – and world – history.
		On the occasion of Helge Ingstad’s 100th birthday in December, 2001, Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik said: “Your experiences as a researcher and trapper has enabled you to understand the Indigenous Peoples’ ways of thinking and ways of life.
	www.norway.org /policy/environment/facingarcticchange.htm (538 words)

	Knowledge Base - Emigration (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		For more information about Emigrants and frequently asked questions about emigration answered by Scotland’s archivists read on.
		Scots appear to have been among the earliest European travellers: the Norse saga of Leif Eirikson recounts that on a voyage to what is now assumed to be North America around the year 1000AD, two Scots were the first to be sent ashore to explore the New World.
		Scots took part in the First Crusade in the 1090s and some may have survived to settle in Palestine.
	www.scan.org.uk /knowledgebase/topics/emigration_topic.htm (812 words)

	Amazon.com: Meadowland: Books: Thomas Holt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		For two of the men, originally from Ireland, once knew a man called Leif Erikson.
		The second is with Leif Eirikson where the infamous Leif's booths are founded before misery sets in and they ship back.
		The third is with Thorvald Eirikson after Eirik dies and Leif takes over running of Brattahlid.
	www.amazon.com /Meadowland-Thomas-Holt/dp/0349117411 (1391 words)

	Church House Publishing Medieval Studies
		Age of Knights & Friars, Popes & Reformers
		The History of the Christian Church from Leif Eirikson to Martin Luther (AD 1000-1517): Unpacks The Age of Knight, Friars, Popes and Reformers in a story-driven approach to history.
		Abridged Translation, Introduction & Notes: A unique narrative of sin, sex and salvation, The Book of Margery Kempe comprises a text which has continued to perplex and fascinate contemporary audiences since its discovery in the library of an English country house in 1934.
	www.chpublishing.co.uk /category.asp?id=23219 (372 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Knarr: a Viking sailing ship, usually pointed at both ends and of lapstrake construction.
		L’Anse aux Meadows: An archaeological site in Newfoundland where Leif Eirikson and his crew may have wintered.
		Notre Dame de Chartres: A cathedral built in France during the medieval warm period, roughly built around 1195.
	home.uchicago.edu /~srsmith/Smith-Chapter_11.doc (2586 words)

	Sound Politics: The Saga of Global Warming
		And when Eirik was forced to build a church because his Christian wife Thjodhild wouldn't sleep with him anymore evidence backs the story because the walls of the church are still standing.
		Eirikson's German foster father Tyrkir is credited for finding grapes in "Vinland".
		But I have news to tell you: I found grapevines and grapes."
	soundpolitics.com /archives/007017.html (7837 words)

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