[DOC] [TLE] Leif Erikson - Wikipedia [PAR] Leif Erikson or Leif Ericson was an Icelandic explorer and the first known 
European to have discovered North America (excluding ... Leif was the son of 
Erik the Red, the founder of the first Norse settlement in Greenland and of ... 
During one of these explorations, Tyrker discovered that the land was full of vines 
and grapes. [DOC] [TLE] Leif Eriksson - Exploration - HISTORY.com [PAR] Leif Eriksson was the son of Erik the Red, founder of the first European ... 
According to one school of thought, Eriksson sailed off course on his way back to 
... He is generally believed to be the first European to reach the North American... [DOC] [TLE] The Viking Explorer Who Beat Columbus to America - History in the ... [PAR] Oct 8, 2013 ... His father, Erik the Red, founded the first European settlement of Greenland ... In 
spite of North America's more bountiful resources, the Viking... [DOC] [TLE] Leif Eriksson - Explorer - Biography.com [PAR] May 5, 2016 ... ... of Erik the Red, and possibly the first European to reach North America, ... 
Norse explorer Leif Eriksson was the second son of Erik the Red, who is ... with 
one version claiming his landing accidental and another that he had... [DOC] [TLE] Erik the Red - the discovery of Greenland [PAR] When Eric the Red discovered Greenland, he called it 'the green land'. ... In 
around the year 1000 Erik the Red's son, Leif Eriksson, returned to ... Leif 
Eriksson made amazing discoveries and was the first European to reach 
North America. [DOC] [TLE] Leif Eriksson - the first European in North America - Greenland [PAR] Leif Ericson, the fabled son of Erik the Red, brought Christianity to the Viking ... 
amazing discoveries and was the first European to reach North America. [DOC] [TLE] Coming to America: Who Was First? : NPR [PAR] Oct 8, 2007 ... But there is no evidence that he ever made landfall in North America. ... Around 
the year 1000 A.D., the Viking explorer Leif Erikson, son of Erik the Red, sailed to 
a place .... was among the last explorers to reach the Americas, not the first. ... 
Columbus supposed that his fleet had landed on one of the many... [DOC] [TLE] Leif Erikson - Mnc.net [PAR] Christopher Columbus was not the first European to discover the New World! 
This commonly held belief is wrong. Columbus didn't reach the New World until 
1492, 500 years after Leif ... Leif was born in Iceland in about 960 AD, son of Eric 
the Red. ... This one was flat and forest covered, but they did not land there either. [DOC] [TLE] Eric the Red - AutoCWW2 [PAR] His second son, Leif Eriksson, is believed to have been one of the first 
Europeans to reach North America. Eric, whose patronymic was Thorvaldson, 
was called... [DOC] [TLE] Leif Ericsson - viking.no [PAR] The first European to reach the shores of North America grew up on Greenland ... 
Young Leif, his son, kept staring at the huge iceberg while they slowly and 
carefully ... After three years had passed, Eric the Red returned to Iceland and 
told of the ... One of his first trips was eastward, to Norway, the homeland of his 
family. [DOC] [TLE] Leif Ericson - New World Encyclopedia [PAR] Aug 19, 2015 ... Leiv Eiriksson discovers North America by Christian Krohg (1893) ... Born around 
970 C.E. in Iceland, Ericson was the son of Erik the Red, who started the first 
European ... Leif married a woman named Thorgunna, and they had one son, ... 
he did not land and managed to reach Greenland before winter fell. [DOC] [TLE] Lesson Plan 1 - American Journeys [PAR] to North America approximately one thou- sand years ago. ... The first 
documentary evidence of ... (The Saga of Eric the Red), give two often ... 
Columbus arrived  it is fitting to credit the Vikings as the first Europeans to 
reach the American continents within recorded history. ... son later made a 
voyage in which he sailed. [DOC] [TLE] 11 Leif Erikson Facts for Leif Erikson Day

Question: One of the first Europeans to reach North America was this son of Eric the Red
Answer: Leif Ericson