Leif Erickson (actor) - Wikipedia Leif Erickson (born William Wycliffe Anderson; October 27, 1911 – January 29, 1986) was an American stage, film, and television actor
Leif Erikson | Biography, Accomplishments, Facts | Britannica Leif Erikson, Norse explorer widely held to have been the first European to reach the shores of North America The 13th- and 14th-century Icelandic accounts of his life show that he was a member of an early voyage to eastern North America, although he may not have been the first to sight its coast
Leif Eriksson - Day, Biography Facts - HISTORY Leif Erikson (spelling variations include Eiriksson, Erikson or Ericson), known as “Leif the Lucky,” was the second of three sons of the famed Norse explorer Erik the Red, who
Leif Erikson - World History Encyclopedia Leif Erikson (also spelled Leif Eriksson, Old Norse Leifr Eiríksson), nicknamed Leif 'the Lucky', was a Norse Viking who is best known for arguably being the first European to have set foot on North American soil along with his crew c 1000 CE
Leif Erikson: The Full Story (History, Facts Timeline) Leif Erikson is the first European and Viking that was documented to have found and landed in North America, but the first Norseman to discover the continent was likely Bjarni Herjólfsson who allegedly sailed there in 986 CE but never landed
Leif Eriksson: Biography, Norse Explorer, North America Born in the 10th century, Norse explorer Leif Eriksson was the second son of Erik the Red, who is credited with settling Greenland For his part, Eriksson is considered by many to be
The Story of Leif Erikson - Life in Norway Leif Erikson was the middle son of Erik the Red, the founder of the Norse settlement in Greenland and his wife Thjodhild We don’t know exactly when and where he was born but it’s believed to have been around 970CE in the recently-colonised Iceland
Leif Erikson, The First European Explorer To Reach America In approximately 1000 C E , Norse explorer Leif Erikson established a settlement he called Vinland in what’s believed to be present-day Newfoundland This would make Erikson the first European to set foot in North America — some 500 years before Christopher Columbus, the man who supposedly “discovered” America
Leif Ericson - New World Encyclopedia Leif Ericson (Old Norse: Leifr Eiríksson) (c 970 – c 1020 C E ) was a Norse explorer thought to be the first European to have landed in North America, presumably in Newfoundland, Canada