The Life and Times of Leif Eriksson

Download or read book The Life and Times of Leif Eriksson written by Earle Rice Jr. and published by Mitchell Lane Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2009-09 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On his historic voyage, Erik’s son backtracked on a course followed by another Viking fifteen years earlier. In a frail, all-purpose merchant vessel known as a knörr, Leif sailed northward along Greenland’s west coast, crossed the frigid waters of present-day Baffin Bay, and turned southward to what is generally believed to be Newfoundland. There, Leif established the first European colony on the North American continent. Find out about his family’s murderous history, and what it took to brave the icy waters and stormy lands of the North Atlantic during the Viking Age.