Leif Ericsson

Leif Erikson
Statue o Leif near the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul, Minnesota, Unitit States
Born	c. 970 Icelandic Commonweel
Dee'd	c. 1020 Greenland
Naitionality	Icelandic–Norse
Thrift	Explorer
Kent for	First European in Vinland (Pairt o North Americae; possibly Newfoundland)
Pairtner(s)	Thorgunna (c. 999)
Bairns	Thorgils, Thorkell
Kin	Erik the Reid (faither), Þjóðhildur (mither), Thorvald, Thorstein an Freydís (siblings)

Leif Ericsson (/[unsupported input]ˈleɪf/ LAYF or /ˈliːf/ LEEF; Icelandic: Leifur Eiríksson; Norwegian: Leiv Eiriksson c. 970 – c. 1020) wis a Viking explorer frae Norawa. He wis the first European tae veesit North Americae in historical times. He splored the laund aboot the day's Newfundland, Canadae, cryin it Vinland. He wis the son o Eric the Reid (Eiríkr rauði), a Norwegian ootlaw, that wis the son o anither, Thorvald Asvaldsson (Þorvald Ásvaldsson). His mither wis Þjoðhild. His faither haed stairtit twa Norse colonies, the Wastren Settlement and the Eastren Settlement, in Greenland.