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The story of Thorvald Eiriksson is incomplete without talking about the Icelandic Saga. Written in the 13th and 14th centuries, the saga is a collection of histories describing Norsemen’s settlement of Iceland and Greenland in the 10th and 11th centuries.
Although many historians have claimed that the sagas are unreliable.
Eirik Thorvaldsson, commonly known as Eirik the Red, was a Norseman who was banished from Norway for allegedly committing murder and other crimes.
When did erik the red discover greenland
He settled in Iceland with his father, Thorvald Asvaldsson, to avoid murder charges. There he married Thjodhild and bore three sons, Leif, Thorvald, and Thorstein, and a daughter Freydis.
But he was once again involved in a dispute and declared an outlaw.
In response to this, he departed Iceland and arrived at the coast of Greenland.
However, he sailed south searching for habitable areas. After two years of his exploration, he returned back to tell of his discoveries, giving Greenland its name as a way to attr
