Leif Ericsson
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Leif Ericsson (auld Icelandic: Leifr Eiríksson) wis a Viking splorer frae Iceland. He wis the first European tae veesit North America in historical times. He splored the laund aboot the day's Newfoundland, Canadae, cryin it Vinland. He wis the son o Eric the Reid (Eiríkr rauði), a Norwegian ootlaw, that wis the son o anither, Þorvald Ásvaldsson. His mither wis Þjoðhild. His faither haed stairted twa Norse colonies, the Wastren Settlement and the Eastren Settlement, in Greenland.