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Title: Leif Erickson


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Leif Erickson
  • By Aaron McCulley

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Background Information
  • Leif Ericson caught a polar bear.Had a wife named
    Thorgunna.

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Timeline
  • Born in Iceland in 960A.D son of Eric the
    Red.Found the new world 500 years before
    Columbus.1000 sailed to Norway.1001 spent the
    winter in Vineland returning to Greenland the
    following year and found North America.1020 died
    in Pensacola,Florida,USA.

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Reasons for trip/who sponsored trip
  • King Olfa sent him to Vinland.to Explore it.

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Places he sailed/Maps
  • He sailed to Greenland.

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What did your explorer find?Did he discover
something new?
  • He discovered Greenland.And North America.

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Difficulties
  • He had to stay on an island for a mouth.

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Citation Slide
  • http//www.mnc.net/norway/Leif Ericson .him
    http//www.Viking ship.org/orphans/Leif-1.him0125
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