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Leif Erikson
norse explorer (c. 970 – c. 1020)
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dead
- born
- 972
- died
- 1020
- age at death
- 48
- known for
- explorer, seafarer, warrior
972 – 1020
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who leif erikson is
Leif Erikson, also known as Leif the Lucky, was a Norse explorer who is thought to have been the first European to set foot on continental America, approximately half a millennium before Christopher Columbus. According to the sagas of Icelanders, he established a Norse settlement at Vinland, which is usually interpreted as being coastal North America.
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