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Leif Erickson

Leif Erickson. By Aaron McCulley. Background Information. Leif Ericson caught a polar bear.Had a wife named Thorgunna. Timeline.

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Leif Erickson

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  1. Leif Erickson By Aaron McCulley

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

  3. 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.

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

  5. Places he sailed/Maps • He sailed to Greenland.

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

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

  8. Citation Slide • http://www.mnc.net/norway/Leif Ericson .him http://www.Viking ship.org/orphans/Leif-1.him#01255887

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