Leif ericsson (*970 ce, in old norse leifr eir ksson ) was a born explorer, for his father eric the red ( eir kr raudi ) had founded the greenland.

Four centuries before christopher columbus sailed across the atlantic from spain, leif ericsson (c -1020), a nordic explorer, landed on the shores of north america. Biographies of the discoverer of america leifur eiriksson * leif erikson * leif ericsson * leif eriksson * leif erickson * leiv eiriksson * leiv eriksson.

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