[DOC] [TLE] Vinland - Wikipedia [PAR] Vinland, Vineland or Winland (Old Norse: Vnland) is the area of coastal North 
America explored by Norse Vikings, where Leif Erikson first landed in ca. 1000, 
approximately five centuries prior to the voyages of Christopher Columbus and 
John Cabot. Vinland was the name given to North America as far as it was 
explored by .... There, he tells his overlord (the Earl, also named Eric) about the 
new land... [DOC] [TLE] Leif Eriksson - Exploration - HISTORY.com [PAR] Around A.D. 1000, Eriksson sailed to Norway, where King Olaf I converted him ... 
on the North American continent, where he explored a region he called Vinland. 
... and has been identified as a variety of spots along the northern Atlantic coast. [DOC] [TLE] The Viking Explorer Who Beat Columbus to America - History in the ... [PAR] Oct 8, 2013 ... Around A.D. 1000, Eriksson sailed east to his ancestral homeland of Norway. ... 
Eriksson bestowed upon the land a name as boring as the ... to North America, 
but other Vikings continued to sail west to Vinland for at least ... and he found it 
on the northernmost tip of Newfoundland at L'Anse aux Meadows. [DOC] [TLE] Vinland | historical area, North America | Britannica.com [PAR] Jun 3, 2015 ... Vinland, the land of wild grapes in North America that was visited and named by 
Leif Eriksson about the year 1000 ce. ... Leif's expedition came first to an icy 
barren land that he called Helluland (Land of Flat Rocks); sailing southward, 
they encountered .... Leif Eriksson and his crew off the coast of Vinland. [DOC] [TLE] 4. Atlantic Coast, Contact, American Beginnings: 1492-1690 ... [PAR] After the peopling of North America at least 11,000 years ago, the continent ... Did 
the Chinese monk Hwui Shan reach the west coast of North America around A.D. 
500? ... about A.D. 1000 to explore the region his brother had named "Vinland" 
on the ... There he and his men encountered the native inhabitants, probably the
... [DOC] [TLE] HISTORY OF NORTH AMERICA [PAR] The people of north America: 1500 BC - 1500 AD ... From about 1000 BC great 
burial mounds begin to be constructed around tomb ... Farming, accompanied by 
village life, spreads up the east coast, where fields are ... Vinland: c.1000 - 1013 
... at a place west of Greenland which he names Vinland (the root vin in old Norse
... [DOC] [TLE] Vinland facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles about ... [PAR] VINLAND refers to the southernmost region on the Atlantic coast of North 
America visited and named by Norse voyagers about a.d. 1000. ... There has 
been increasing acceptance of Markland as the large area around Hamilton Inlet 
in ... that he found a land containing grapes and self-sown wheat, which he called 
Vinland. [DOC] [TLE] Leif Ericson - New World Encyclopedia [PAR] Aug 19, 2015 ... Born around 970 C.E. in Iceland, Ericson was the son of Erik the Red, ... until 
around 1000 C.E., when he returned to his homeland of Norway. ... Ericson 
established a settlement in a place he called Vinland, which was ... and thus he 
accidentally discovered the east coast of North America in 985 or 986. [DOC] [TLE] Vineland - American University [PAR] Warming climate conditions around 1,000 AD enticed Vikings (and made it 
possible) ... point in North America, a place known as Vineland, so named for the 
Vikings .... He called it "Greenland", but even with relatively warmer conditions 
then, this ... the coast they could see plumes of smokes that indicated human 
presence. [DOC] [TLE] Explorers from the 1300's - EnchantedLearning.com [PAR] ad ... coast of Africa), the Azores (islands far off the coast of Portugal), and Iceland
. ... first European to see the continent of North America, but he did not go ashore. 
In 985 or 986, he spotted Vinland (what is now probably Nova Scotia) after being 
... Zhang Qian, also called Chang Ch'ien (?-114 BC) was a Chinese explorer... [DOC] [TLE] The

Question: Around 1000 A.D. he named the North American coast Vinland
Answer: Leif Ericson