Leif Ericson is a very famous Viking.
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Mrs Messa
Leif Erikson was a Norse explorer born shortly before 1000 A.D. Exploration was apparently in his family blood, as he was the second of three sons of Erik the Red. He was born in Iceland, and his occupation was an Explorer. Leif did not grow up with his family. Instead, when he was eight he moved in with a man named Thyrker.
ReplyDeleteBIRTH DATE: c. 1000
DEATH DATE: c. 1100
Leif Ericson was famous for being the first to discover and name Greenland. He was an explorer who turned famous. He travelled by boat.
ReplyDeleteYou've written a great paragraph Hira. What was Thyrker's role? Sofia, he did travel by boat! Apparently takes between four and five hours to travel by plane to Greenland, and it's about 2,019 miles away. How long do you think it took in a longboat?
ReplyDeleteThyrker was from Germany where Eric the Red had captured him, had taken him to Iceland, but had not enslaved him. Thyrker took care of Leif and taught him basically everything. I do not know what else Thyrker did and what he did for work.
ReplyDeleteIt's hard to find out lots about Thyrker as he is not the 'main character'! You are right though - he was Leif's teacher. He didn't just teach Leif about the usual things though; he taught him about being a warrior as well!
ReplyDeleteWhen you asked me about Thryker I had to search more things about Leif Ericson because It dosen't say really that much about him
DeleteWell, I'm very impressed with your detective skills - that was a very logical thing to do!
DeleteLeif Ericsonwas famousof being the first European to find the land of America.He was born in Iceland before c. 1000 ,his father Eric the red who found Greenland and he called it Greenland.Lief travelled all on boat finaly found land (America) and called it Vinland when he was one hundred years old he died at c.1100 because he was to old.
ReplyDeleteDo you know what was growing to make Leif call it 'Vinland'?
DeleteI agree whith Sofai and Hira
ReplyDeleteMrs Messa, I might know the answer to your question.The name Vinland was called Vinland because of similar sounds/words, traditionally as Vinland ("wine-land") and more recently as Vinland (meadow- or pasture-land).
ReplyDeleteLeif Ericson was an Icelandic explorer and proudly the first European visitor to land in North America,500 years before Christopher Columbus.
ReplyDeleteHis father was Eric,The Red,who discovered Greenland.He was the founder of the first European settlement on Greenland.
Leif Ericson was famous for sailing to Greenland and telling story to other Vikings. He came from Denmark, he settled in Greenland.
ReplyDeleteLeif Erikson was thought to be the first explorer to have visited North America, Mrs Messa. He was born before 1000 AD and died in 1100 AD. Leif Erikson was one of the three sons of Erik the Red. In around 1000 AD it is believed that he travelled to Norway and was converted to Christianity by King Olaf the first. He then was sent back to Greenland to convert the settlers there. In one saga he arrived in North America when his ship to Greenland sailed of course. He called it Vinland.
ReplyDeleteThank you Alysia - your post is well written and you have included detail about his religion that I have not seen before!
DeleteHe was very old when he died! Do you think this is accurate or have historians had to estimate how long he lived?
I think historians estimated how long Leif Erikson lived because 1. They weren't there 2. All scientists make guesses sometimes 3. They don't have proof.
DeleteLeif Ericson's occupation was actually living as an Norse explorer. The reason he's most well known for is that he was the first European to reach North America 500 years before Christopher Columbus and also discovering Vinland. Erik the red, Leif Ericson's father, was banished from Iceland and then settled in a country which he named Greenland. Furthermore, Leif Ericson used to also live in Iceland. In addition, he had 2 sons, Thorkell and Thorgills. Thorgills was born to a noblewoman, Thorgunna and Thorkell who succeeded him as chieftain of the Greenland settlement. Moreover, Leif Ericson was born on the 970 CE, (Probably in Iceland) and died on the 1020 CE ,(Notably in Greenland).
ReplyDeleteI am very pleased with your blog entries so far, well done!
ReplyDeleteI have noticed that lots of you have very similar information. Do you think you could put it into your own words?
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I don't think Leif Ericson had any famous people in his family and he was famous for finding treasure and for stealing loads of things.
ReplyDeleteLeif Ericson is famous as the person who discovered North America and Vinland .He is from Iceland and settled in Greenland.He preached Christianity and his mother built a Church.There is a US stamp on his name.
ReplyDeleteLeif Ericson is famous as being the person to discover North America and Vinland .He was born in Iceland. Leif Ericson settled in Greenland. He preached Christianity to the Greenlanders.His mother built a church.The US has issued a stamp.
ReplyDeleteLeif Ericson discovered North and Vinland ,that's why he's so famous, mostly in America . There they have a statue, to celebrate him discovering North America.He settled in Greenland and gave it a nice name so people would come,but it actually was very cold.In america there is a stamp with his name on it .
ReplyDeleteLeif ericson,belongs to the 11centuary. Olaf asked him to spred the word of christianty. Then he converted as a christian. He bouht a priest along with them. He then invented a place which is now called Greenland and he explored North America.
ReplyDeleteLief Erison found out that there were lands to the west and decided to explore. He set out with a crew of 35 men. His father was to accompany them, unfortunately he fell from his horse on the wet rocks and injured himself badly and could not travel with them.
ReplyDeleteThe first land they discovered was Helluland, but he decided not to stay there as it was cold and inhospitable. Today Helluland is called Baffin Island and is located in Canada.
Leif then continued his journey and discovered a densely for rested area he called Markland. Today Markland Is part of the Labrador coast in Canada.
Leif and his crew then continued their journey to the place they called Vinland which is today is called Newfoundland.
Wow, thats a really long paragraph Daniyal! But I have actually never heard of a place called Newfoundland, or Baffin Island. He had also found out I think america before Colobus
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ReplyDeleteLeif Ericsson was probably the greatest Viking ever because of his journeys and riches .
This is an Icelandic name. The last name is a patronymic, not a family name; this person is properly referred to by the given name Leif, Leifr, or Leifur.
Leif Ericsson
Relatives Erik the Red (father), Thorvald, Thorstein and Freydís (siblings)
Leif Ericson Icelandic: Leifur Eiríksson; Norwegian: Leiv Eiriksson c. 970 – c. 1020) was a Norse explorer regarded as the first European to land in North America (excluding Greenland), nearly 500 years before Christopher Columbus.According to the Sagas of Icelanders, he established a Norse settlement at Vinland, tentatively identified with the Norse L'Anse aux Meadows on the northern tip of Newfoundland in modern-day Canada.
It is believed that Leif was born in Iceland around the 970s—the son of mother Thjohildand father Erik the Red, an explorer and outlaw from Western Norway. Erik founded the first Norse colonies in Greenland, and was based at the family estate Brattahlíð in the so-called Eastern Settlement, where Leif had his upbringing. Leif had two known sons: Thorgils, born to noblewoman Thorgunna in the Hebrides; and Thorkell, who succeeded him as chieftain of the Greenland settlement.
Leif was the son of Erik the Red and his wife Thjodhild, and the grandson of Thorvaldr Ásvaldsson. His year of birth is most often given as c. 970 or c. 980.Though Leif's birthplace is not accounted for in the sagas, it is likely he was born in Iceland,where his parents met—probably somewhere in Breiðafjörður, and possibly at the farm Haukadal where Thjóðhild's family is said to have been based.Leif had two brothers, Thorsteinn and Thorvaldr, and a sister, Freydís.
Thorvald Asvaldsson was banished from Norway for manslaughter and went into exile in Iceland accompanied by young Erik. When Erik was himself banished from Iceland, he travelled further west to an area he named Greenland, where he established the first permanent settlement in 986.Thryker, one of Erik's thralls, had been specially trusted to keep in charge of Erik's children, as Leif later referred to him as his "foster father".
Discovering Vinland.
When I read the Titanic book the place where the boat crashed was Newfoundland .
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ReplyDeleteLeif Ericsson was probably the greatest Viking ever because of his journeys and riches .
This is an Icelandic name. The last name is a patronymic, not a family name; this person is properly referred to by the given name Leif, Leifr, or Leifur.
Leif Ericsson
Relatives Erik the Red (father), Thorvald, Thorstein and Freydís (siblings)
Leif Ericson Icelandic: Leifur Eiríksson; Norwegian: Leiv Eiriksson c. 970 – c. 1020) was a Norse explorer regarded as the first European to land in North America (excluding Greenland), nearly 500 years before Christopher Columbus.According to the Sagas of Icelanders, he established a Norse settlement at Vinland, tentatively identified with the Norse L'Anse aux Meadows on the northern tip of Newfoundland in modern-day Canada.
It is believed that Leif was born in Iceland around the 970s—the son of mother Thjohildand father Erik the Red, an explorer and outlaw from Western Norway. Erik founded the first Norse colonies in Greenland, and was based at the family estate Brattahlíð in the so-called Eastern Settlement, where Leif had his upbringing. Leif had two known sons: Thorgils, born to noblewoman Thorgunna in the Hebrides; and Thorkell, who succeeded him as chieftain of the Greenland settlement.
Leif was the son of Erik the Red and his wife Thjodhild, and the grandson of Thorvaldr Ásvaldsson. His year of birth is most often given as c. 970 or c. 980.Though Leif's birthplace is not accounted for in the sagas, it is likely he was born in Iceland,where his parents met—probably somewhere in Breiðafjörður, and possibly at the farm Haukadal where Thjóðhild's family is said to have been based.Leif had two brothers, Thorsteinn and Thorvaldr, and a sister, Freydís.
Thorvald Asvaldsson was banished from Norway for manslaughter and went into exile in Iceland accompanied by young Erik. When Erik was himself banished from Iceland, he travelled further west to an area he named Greenland, where he established the first permanent settlement in 986.Thryker, one of Erik's thralls, had been specially trusted to keep in charge of Erik's children, as Leif later referred to him as his "foster father".
Discovering Vinland.
Leiv Eiriksson discovers America, by Christian Krohg (1893).
Leif and his crew travelled from Greenland to Norway in 999. Blown off course to the Hebrides and staying for much of the summer, he arrived in Norway and became a hirdman of King Olaf Tryggvason. He also converted to Christianity, and was given the mission of introducing the religion to Greenland . The Saga of Erik the Red and the Saga of the Greenlanders, both thought to have been written around 1200,contain different accounts of the voyages to Vinland. The two only known strictly historical mentions of Vinland are found in the work of Adam of Bremen c. 1075 and in the Book of Icelanders compiled c. 1112 by Ari the Wise. According to the Saga of Erik the Red, Leif apparently saw Vinland for the first time after being blown off course on his way to introduce Christianity to Greenland.