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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