By Shannon Knudsen
As a tender guy turning out to be up in Greenland, Leif Ericsson had heard tales a couple of land to the west around the Atlantic Ocean. sooner or later, he accumulated a workforce and trigger to discover the land himself. He landed at 3 diversified locations, ultimately settling at “Vinland”, now Newfoundland, Canada, for the wintry weather. whilst he again domestic, he turned a hero, and encouraged many different Vikings to discover the hot international.
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