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	THORFINN KARLSEFNI - LoveToKnow Article on THORFINN KARLSEFNI (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Thorfinns son Snorri was born this first autumn in the new world.
		Meanwhile Thorfinn, with the rest of the venturers, sailed south for a long time, till they reached a spot they called Hop, at the mouth of a river which flows from a lake into the sea (several estuaries near the southern extremity of Nova Scotia would do equally well here).
		Thence Thorfinn revisited Hop, staying two months; and also made a voyage northward in search of Thorhall, rounding Keelness and sailing westward (along the north coast of Cape Breton Island?), and apparently southward also, tillthey came to the mouth of a river flowing from east to west.
	47.1911encyclopedia.org /T/TH/THORFINN_KARLSEFNI.htm (711 words)

	Pre-Columbian Discovery of America
		The rules of historical criticism have, accordingly, given precedence to the Thorfinn and Eric sagas, but it must not be overlooked that the Olaf saga mentions in addition three lands discovered to the southwest of Greenland, of which the first was stony, the second wooded, and the third rich in wine.
		Karlsefni, with his wife Gudrid, who later made a pilgrimage to Rome, and his three year old son Snorri, the first child born of European parents on the mainland, was successful in reaching Greenland.
		Thorfinn was prevented from settling Vinland by the onslaught of the Skraelings.
	catholicity.com /encyclopedia/a/america,pre-columbian_discovery_of.html (7697 words)

	GREAT EPOCHS IN AMERICAN HISTORY
		The skipper's name was Thorfinn Karlsefni, and he was the son of Thord, called "Horsehead," and a grandson of Snorri.
		Thorfinn Karlsefni, who was a very wealthy man, passed the winter there in Greenland, with Lief Ericsson.
		Karlsefni and his party remained there throughout the winter, but in the spring Karlsefni announced that he did not intend to remain there longer, for he wished to return with his wife and son to Greenland.
	www.usgennet.org /usa/topic/preservation/epochs/vol1/pg17.htm (693 words)

	Northvegr - The Norse Discovery of America
		Karlsefni and the others put to sea with these two ships, so soon as they were ready.
		Erik answered favourably, and said that she must follow her fate, and that he had heard nothing but good of him; and it ended so that Thorfinn married Thurid (99) (Gudrid), and then was the feast extended; and their marriage was celebrated; and this happened at Brattahlid, in the winter.
		These people were in the ship with Karlsefni; but when they had sailed past Furdustrands, then set they the Scots on shore, and bade them run to the southward of the land, and explore its qualities, and come back again within three days.
	www.northvegr.org /lore/norse/028.php (1777 words)

	Karlsefni Thorfinn: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Karlsefnis Thordarson Saga of Thorfinn Karlsefni Thordarson --was written...north to Straumfjord: " Thorfinn Karlsefni and his men had realised by...proceeded no further, while Thorfinn Karlsefni and Snorri had travelled...
		Karlsefni lodged in Leifs home and the...wise and lovely Gudrid, urged Karlsefni to conduct a journey of exploration...
		With her husband, Thorfinn Karlsefni, she made a voyage of her own to North America, venturing as far down the eastern seaboard as Manhattan.
	www.questia.com /library/encyclopedia/karlsefni-thorfinn.jsp?l=K&p=1 (758 words)

	Thorfinn Thorhallson's Saga - Overview - Jan Furst : Norse Viking Thorfinn Iceland Adventure Novel named after Thorfinn ...
		'Thorfinn Thorhallson's Saga' (or: 'What happened to the Greenland Norse?') is an adventure novel that, in part, offers an explanation for the unsolved mystery of what happened to the inhabitants of the West Settlement, the most northern of the two Norse settlements in Greenland.
		The main character of the story is Thorfinn Thorhallson, born in the West Settlement around 1317 and named for the Norse explorer Thorfinn Karlsefni.
		Thorfinn and Maku take up their old way of life and in the succeeding chapters the author offers his explanation for the disappearance of the people of the West Settlement.
	www.thorfinn.ca /novel.html (394 words)

	Thorfinn Karlsefni on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Thorfinn's expedition is recorded in the “Saga of Eric the Red” in the collection of sagas known as Hauksbok, and in a narrative interpolated in the “Saga of Olaf Tryggvason” in the Flateyjarbok.
		Returning by Markland, Thorfinn's ship reached Greenland safely; the other was wrecked in the Irish Sea and part of its crew saved.
		Much effort has been spent in attempts to identify the lands visited by Thorfinn and to discover his wintering sites, but no theory has won general acceptance.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/T/Thorfinn.asp (549 words)

	VINLAND - LoveToKnow Article on VINLAND (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Later, in 1003, an Icelander, Thorfinn Karlsefni, who was visiting the Greenland colony, and who had married Gudrid, the widow of Leifs brother Thorstein, set out with four vessels and 160 followers to found a colony in the new lands.
		In accordance with this decision, Biarni Heriulfsons adventure should be eliminated, the priority of discovery given to Leif Ericsson, and the honor of being the first European colonists on the American continent awarded to Thorfinn Karlsefni and his followers.
		But Thorfinn Karlsefni found no abundance of vinber, in fact one of his followers composed some verses to express his disappointment on this score.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /V/VI/VINLAND.htm (3327 words)

	The Norse Discovery of America - Chapter II
		Karlsefni and his companions cast anchor, and lay there during their absence; and when they came again, one of them carried a bunch of grapes and the other an ear of new-sown wheat.
		It now seemed clear to Karlsefni and his people that although the country thereabouts was attractive, their life would be one of constant dread and turmoil by reason of the [hostility of the] inhabitants of the country, so they forthwith prepared to leave, and determined to return to their own country.
		It happened one morning that Karlsefni and his companions discovered in an open space in the woods above them, a speck, which seemed to shine toward them, and they shouted at it; it stirred and it was a Uniped (56), who skipped down to the bank of the river by which they were lying.
	www.norroena.org /VikingSaga/chapter2.html (10055 words)

	Mason & Dixon - Thomas Pynchon
		During that time Gudrid gave birth to a son, who was named Snorri, the first white child known to have been born in America.
		Thorfinn subsequently settled at his family estate in northern Iceland.
		After his death, the date of which is unknown, Gudrid went on a pilgrimage to Rome and then became a nun in Iceland.
	www.hyperarts.com /pynchon/mason-dixon/alpha/k.html (554 words)

	THORFINN KARLSEFNI, or KARLSEFNL (ft. 1002-1007) - Encyclopedia Britannica - THORFINN KARLSEFNI, or KARLSEFNL (ft. ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Meanwhile Thorfinn, with the rest of the venturers, sailed south " for a long time," till they reached a spot they called Hop, at the mouth of a river which flows from a lake into the sea (several estuaries near the southern extremity of Nova Scotia would do equally well here).
		Thence Thorfinn revisited Hop, staying two months; and also made a voyage northward in search of Thorhall, rounding Keelness and sailing westward (along the north coast of Cape Breton Island?), and apparently southward also, till they came to the mouth of a river flowing from east to west.
		Two Skraeling children were captured here and the expedition divided, Thorfinn making Greenland and Ericsfiord in safety with his own vessel, while the other was lost in the Irish Sea, only half the crew escaping to Ireland in the ship's boat.
	www.jcsm.org /StudyCenter/Encyclopedia_Britannica/THE_TOO/THORFINN_KARLSEFNI_or_KARLSEFN.html (947 words)

	Thorfinn Karlsefni Thordarson History Summary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Thorfinn was the great-grandson of Thord Bjarnarson, one of the original settlers of Iceland.
		The sobriquet "Karlsefni," by which he is commonly known, must have been given him when he was quite young, because it means something like "auspicious boy." The family's home was at Höfdi on Skagafjord in the North Quarter of Iceland.
		Karlsefni heard directly from Bjarni Herjolfsson and another of Erik's sons, Leif the Lucky, about their respective voyages to the three coasts of North America that Leif had named Helluland (Slab-Land), Markland (Forest-Land), and Vínland (Wine-Land).
	www.bookrags.com /history/sciencehistory/thorfinn-karlsefni-thordarson-scit-021 (636 words)

	Vikings: The North Atlantic Saga \| American Museum of Natural History
		The last tale tells of Thorfinn Karlsefni, his wife Gudrid Thorbjarnadottir and Erik the Red's daughter Freydis and their explorations in Vinland.
		Snorri and Karlsefni saw flying at them a large fl orb the size of a sheep's gut, which when it landed made an enormous noise.
		Now Karlsefni knew that though the land was rich, the inhabitants of the place would always attack them.
	www.amnh.org /exhibitions/vikings/saga3.html (772 words)

	An excerpt from the book The Vinland Millenium.
		For comparison it is worth mentioning that at New Haven, Connecticut, a little north and east of New York, the temperature for the coldest month of the year, in the warm period from 1931 to 1960, averaged -1.3ºC, similar to the temperature in Iceland's chilly Strandir area, while precipitation was much higher at New Haven.
		Thorfinn's homestead ought thus to have been a short distance north of one or other of the headlands, at a place with good moorage, also providing a quick, safe entrance from the sea to the lake, if other qualities of the land were acceptable.
		This would not, of course, prove that Thorfinn had been here, but it would be interesting if the statements about Hóp in the saga were consistent with one real place.
	www.randburg.com /is/mm/vinland2.html (1671 words)

	Thorfinn Thorhallson's Saga - Overview - Jan Furst : Norse Viking Thorfinn Iceland Adventure Novel named after Thorfinn ...
		Thorfinn Thorhallson's Saga - Overview - Jan Furst : Norse Viking Thorfinn Iceland Adventure Novel named after Thorfinn Karlsefni answers the mysteries of the Kensington Stone and the Mandan Tribe
		Thorfinn and Maku and an Icelander named Vifil decide to return to their home countries.
		After many strange adventures they reach Iceland, and then Thorfinn and Maku go on to Greenland where they are welcomed as if returned from the dead.
	thorfinn.ca /novel.html (394 words)

	History of Medieval Greenland
		Gudrid Thorbjarnardottir and Thorfinn karlsefni marry that winter [Graenlendinga Saga, Eiriks Saga Rauda].
		Thorfinn karlsefni and Gudrid sail to Leifsbudir [Graenlendinga Saga].
		Thorfinn karlsefni, Gudrid, Snorri, and Thorvald, Eirik the Red's Son-in-law, and Thorhall sail to Vinland [Eiriks Saga Rauda].
	www.personal.utulsa.edu /~marc-carlson/history/grontime.html (3703 words)

	Vikings and America (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		When they returned, news of their voyage spread, and Thorfinn Karlsefni decided to venture to this new land.
		Thorfinn Karlsefni led an expedition in the first decade of the eleventh century (Riley 246).
		Thorfinn's wife, Gudrid, bore a son in the year 1007 AD, making him the first child born of European parents in the New World.
	www.gettysburg.edu /academics/english/vikingstudies/odonnell/researchdocument.html (2939 words)

	THORFINN KARLSEFNI, or KARLSEFNL (ft. 1002-1007) - Online Information article about THORFINN KARLSEFNI, or KARLSEFNL ...
		THORFINN KARLSEFNI, or KARLSEFNL (ft. 1002-1007), Scandinavian explorer, See also:
		Saga, but with divergent details), and Freydis on her committing atrocities upon her comrades, the Icelanders Helgi and Finnbogi, which are unnoticed in Red Eric.
		THORFINN KARLSEFNI, or KARLSEFNL (ft. 1002-1007)
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /THE_TOO/THORFINN_KARLSEFNI_or_KARLSEFNL.html (1135 words)

	Mitchell T. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		There are many famous Vikings such as Eric the Red, Leif Ericsson, Thorfinn Karlsefini, Freydis, and Bjarni.
		Eric the Red was an explorer who named the area that is now Greenland and was quick-tempered like his father Thorvald.
		Karlsefni was victorious, however, he decided he did not want to stay so he packed up his goods and returned home to Greenland.
	pinecrestschools.com /vannuys/middleschool/vikings/mitchell.htm (454 words)

	Thorfinn Karlsefni - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Thorfinn Karlsefni or Þorfinnr karlsefni was an Icelandic explorer who led an attempt to settle Vinland circa 1010 A.D. with three ships and 160 settlers.
		In the early 20th century, Einar Jónsson, an Icelandic sculptor, created a statue of Thorfinn Karlsefni which was placed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
		This page was last modified 07:21, 22 October 2005.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Thorfinn_Karlsefni (90 words)

	The Vikings: A Memorable Visit to America (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Roughly 1,000 years ago, the story goes, a Viking trader and adventurer named Thorfinn Karlsefni set off from the west coast of Greenland with three ships and a band of Norse to explore a new land that promised fabulous riches.
		Snorri, the son of Thorfinn and his wife, Gudrid, is thought to be the first European baby born in North America.
		In September 2002, archaeologist John Steinberg of the University of California at Los Angeles announced that he had uncovered the remains of a turf mansion in Iceland that he believes is the house where Thorfinn, Gudrid and Snorri lived out their days.
	www.smithsonianmag.si.edu /smithsonian/issues04/dec04/viking.html (358 words)

	Gudrid the Wanderer: Norsewoman in the New World (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		"Then after Yule [Thorfinn] Karsefni put to Eirik a proposal for Gudrid’s hand, for as he saw it this lay in Eirik’s competence, and he thought her a beautiful and accomplished lady.
		Karlsefni and Snorri resolved to go and find Vinland, and men debated this a good deal.
		Relive the saga of Gudrid Thorbjørnsdottír, wife of Icelandic merchant Thorfinn Karlsefni and colonist of Vinland the Good.
	www.users.interport.net /l/y/lynnoel/programs/CCP_Gudrid.html (625 words)

	Northvegr - The Icelandic Sagas
		The discovery and settlement of that country are briefly related in the opening chapters of the saga of Eirík the Red (also, and with more reason, called the saga of Thorfinn Karlsefni).
		On his way back to Greenland he was driven out of his course, and came to a strange land, which either then or soon afterwards received the name of Vínland.
		Moreover, Thorfinn's son Snorri, who was born in Vínland, was the immediate ancestor of several famous Icelandic bishops, and it is in the highest degree improbable that these would have been mistake in matters so closely connected with their family history.
	www.northvegr.org /lore/sagas/00303.php (2804 words)

	Thorfinn Karlsefni
		He set out c.1010 with an expedition consisting of three ships and 160 men to settle in
		Thorfinn's expedition is recorded in the “Saga of Eric the Red” in the collection of sagas known as
		Karlsefni, Thorfinn - Karlsefni, Thorfinn: see Thorfinn Karlsefni.
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/people/A0848572.html (390 words)

	Thorfinn Karlsefni
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		Thorfinn Karlsefni or Þorfinnur Karlsefni was an Icelandic explorer who led an attempt to settle Vinland circa 1010 A.D. with three ships and 160 settlers.
		In the early 20th century, Einar Jonsson, an Icelandic sculptor, created a statue of Thorfinn Karlsefni which was placed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
	en.efactory.pl /Thorfinn_Karlsefni (413 words)

	Thor Heyerdahl about the Vikings, by Allan Swenson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Leif Ericson was the first known European to visit The New World, and Vikings led by Thorfinn Karlsefni were the first European settlers, 1000 years ago, according to world famed explorer Dr. Thor Heyerdahl.
		Sagas tell us about the explorer Thorfinn Karlsefni who led the first group to settle in North America 1000 years ago.
		It was first settled by Vikings accompanying Thorfinn Karlsefni and his wife, most likely at L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland.
	www.vikingart.com /Mill/Ar_Thor01.htm (1585 words)

	1010 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Centuries: 10th century - 11th century - 12th centuryDecades: 960s 970s 980s 990s 1000s - 1010s - 1020s 1030s 1040s 1050s 1060sYears: 1005 1006 1007 1008 1009 - 1010 - 1011 1012 1013 1014 1015EventsViking explorer Thorfinn Karlsefni[?] attempted to found a settlement in North America.
		Viking explorer Thorfinn Karlsefni[?] attempted to found a settlement in North America.
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	www.termsdefined.net /10/1010.html (324 words)

	Newfoundland and Labrador between 986 and 1030 AD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		1006: Thorfinn Karlsefni, a wealthy Norwegian, leads a colonising expedition to Newfoundland with three ships, 160 men (some with their wives) and a bull, along with other livestock.
		Leif Eiriksson agrees to lend Thorfinn his houses at L'Anse aux Meadows (Leif didn't go with this expedition).
		1028 or 1030: Gudrid, mother of Snorri and the widow of Thorfinn Karlsefni, journeys to Rome on a pilgrimage.
	www.chebucto.ns.ca /~ae050/nflb.html (869 words)

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