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The Mariners' Museum - Newport News, Virginia - English
URL: http://www.mariner.org/age/vikingdisc.html

Norman disciveries across the Atlantic: Eric the Red,Leifr Eiriksson, Heriolf.

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Martin Alonzo Pinzon: Explorer - EnchantedLearning.com - English
URL: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/p/pinzonmartin.shtml

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Martin Alonzo Pinzon (1441? - 1493) was a Spanish explorer and navigator who sailed with Christopher Columbus on his first voyage to the New World, as captain of the Pinta (he was also the co-owner of the Nina and the Pinta). He is remembered as being disloyal and competitive with Christopher Columbus.

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Lewis and Clark: American Explorers - EnchantedLearning.com - English
URL: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/l/lewisandclark.shtml

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Meriwether Lewis (1774-1809) and William Clark (1770-1838) set out in May 1804 to explore and map the American West. Lewis and Clark were accompanied by a crew of men, and later, the Shoshone Indian guide and interpreter Sacajawea (also spelled Sacagawea) and her infant son. Lewis and Clark travelled by river and by land from St. Louis, Missouri, to the Oregon coast (Fort Clatsop), and back again.

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La Harpe: Explorer - EnchantedLearning.com - English
URL: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/l/laharpe.shtml

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Jean Baptiste Bénard de La Harpe (1683- September 26, 1765) was a French explorer, trader, and soldier who sailed to the southern USA in 1718. He explored the Mississippi, Arkansas, Red, and Sulphur Rivers, and the area near Galveston Bay. He helped settle the area along the Red River, established a trading post, and built a fort.

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Eric the Red: Explorer - EnchantedLearning.com - English
URL: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/e/ericthered.shtml

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Eric the Red (950?-1003 or 1004?) was a Viking explorer who was the first European in Greenland. He sailed from Iceland in 982 and led a group of colonists to Greenland in 986.

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1Up Info - Eric the Red (Explorers, Travelers, And Conquerors) - Encyclopedia - English
URL: http://www.1upinfo.com/encyclopedia/E/EricRed.html

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fl. 10th cent., Norse chieftain, discoverer and colonizer of Greenland. He left (c.950) Norway with his exiled father and settled in Iceland. A feud resulting in manslaughter led to his banishment (c.981) from Iceland for three years. He sailed c.982 to seek land reputed to lie W of Iceland. The discovery of Greenland followed, and Eric and his Viking followers spent three years exploring the south and west coasts. On his return to Iceland he promoted a colonizing venture and is said to have given Greenland its attractive name to encourage settlers. He led (c.986) to the new land a group of 25 ships, of which 14 arrived, carrying about 500 people.

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LEIF ERICSON: Icelander or Norwegian? - English
URL: http://www.mnc.net/norway/nationality.htm

Issue has been taken with the inclusion on this website of Leif Ericson as a "Great Norwegian."

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Who Really Discovered America, Eh? - English
URL: http://www.lawzone.com/half-nor/swearinger.htm

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By Ronald Swearinger.

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Leif Erikson - English
URL: http://www.mnc.net/norway/LeifErikson.htm

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 Erikson's arrival in 1001 AD.

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Leif Ericson Homepage - English
URL: http://www.mnc.net/norway/Leif.htm

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Leif Ericson Biography (from ODIN) - English
URL: http://www.mnc.net/norway/ericson.htm

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In 986, Norwegian-born Eirik Thorvaldsson, known as Eirik the Red, explored and colonized the southwestern part of Greenland. It was his son, Leiv Eiriksson, who became the first European to set foot on the shores of North America, and the first explorer of Norwegian extraction now accorded worldwide recognition.

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