Leif ericson facts biography
Leif ericson.
Leif ericson facts biography
Leif “the Lucky” Erikson might not have been a stereotypical Viking conqueror like some of his perhaps more famous Norse contemporaries, but he is still one of the greatest and most renowned Vikings of all time.
This is of course due to his epic feat of being the first European to set foot in North America, more than 500 years before Christopher Columbus.
But how did he end up crossing the Atlantic, and how was he able to do it so many years before the European colonial super powers of the 15th century managed to do it?
Let’s take a look at the full story of Leif Erikson; who he was, where he came from, and what he managed to accomplish in his lifetime.
ℹ️ I’ll be leaning on the Norse sagas as well as modern-day scientific studies as sources for descriptions, dates, and locations in this article, in an attempt to provide as accurate a timeline as possible for the life and feats of Leif Erikson.