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Who was "Eric The Red"?

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Thorvaldsson, known as Erik the Red, was a Norse EXPLORER, described in medieval and Icelandic saga sources as having FOUNDED the first SETTLEMENT in Greenland. He most likely earned the epithet "the Red" due to the color of his hair and BEARD. Wikipedia

Born: 950 AD, Jæren

Died: Greenland

Full name: Erik Thorvaldsson

Nationality: Icelandic

Known for: Founded the first Norse settlement in Greenland

Children: Leif Erikson, Freydís Eiríksdóttir, Thorvald Eiriksson, Thorstein Eiriksson



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