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Leif Erikson. Leif Erikson Day is an annual observance that occurs on October 9. [1] It honors Leif Erikson (Old Norse: Leifr Eiríksson), [note 1] the Norse explorer who, in approximately 1000, led the first Europeans believed to have set foot on the continent of North America (other than Greenland).
Leif was the son of Erik the Red and his wife Thjodhild (Old Norse: Þjóðhildur), and, through his paternal line, the grandson of Thorvald Ásvaldsson.When Erik the Red was young, his father was banished from Norway for manslaughter, and the family went into exile in Iceland (which, during the century preceding Leif's birth, had been colonized by Norsemen, mainly from Norway).
Vinland, Vineland, [2][3] or Winland[4] (Old Norse: Vínland hit góða, lit. 'Vinland the Good') was an area of coastal North America explored by Vikings. Leif Eriksson landed there around 1000 AD, nearly five centuries before the voyages of Christopher Columbus and John Cabot. [5] The name appears in the Vinland Sagas, and describes ...
Leif Erikson Day's history is connected to nativist backlash against immigration to the United States Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 ...
A statue of Leif Erikson is installed at Seattle 's Shilshole Bay Marina, in the U.S. state of Washington. The 16-foot tall [1] sculpture was donated by the Leif Erikson League for the Century 21 Exposition. [2][3] It was relocated to Shilshole Marina in 2007. [4] According to Lonely Planet, the statue is surrounded by a stone circle and serves ...
The Norse exploration of North America began in the late 10th century, when Norsemen explored areas of the North Atlantic colonizing Greenland and creating a short term settlement near the northern tip of Newfoundland. This is known now as L'Anse aux Meadows where the remains of buildings were found in 1960 dating to approximately 1,000 years ...
What to know about the federal holiday. Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA TODAY. October 14, 2024 at 12:00 AM. The second Monday of October marks Indigenous Peoples Day and Columbus Day in the United ...
Day and night were more equal than in Greenland or Iceland. — Beamish (1864), p.64 [4] [5] As Leif and his crew explore the land, they discover grapes. Leif therefore names the country Vinland meaning Wine land. In the spring, the expedition sets sail back to Greenland with a ship loaded with wood and grapes.