Leif the Lucky

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Leif the Lucky is the nickname of Leif Erikson, the Norse explorer credited with leading one of the first known European voyages to North America around the year 1000.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Norse explorer
explorer
historical figure
human
commemoratedBy Leif Erikson Day
commemoratedIn statues in Iceland
statues in Norway
statues in the United States
countryOfCitizenship Iceland
Norway
culture Viking Age Norse
linked to: Viking Age
dateOfBirth c. 970
dateOfDeath c. 1020
era early 11th century
late 10th century
ethnicGroup Norse
explored Labrador region
Newfoundland region
Vinland
coasts of North America
father Erik the Red
hasPartInLegend discovery of grapes in Vinland
rescue of shipwrecked sailors on his return from Vinland
heritage Norse-Greenlandic
influenced later European exploration narratives of the New World
knownFor being among the first Europeans to reach North America
exploration of Vinland
leading one of the first known European voyages to North America
mother Thjodhild
name Leif Erikson
nickname Leif the Lucky
notableEvent voyage from Greenland to North America around the year 1000
notableWork voyage to Vinland
occupation explorer
navigator
placeOfBirth Iceland
placeOfDeath Greenland
positionHeld chieftain of the Greenland Norse settlement
religion Christianity
Norse paganism
linked to: Norse mythology
sexOrGender male
sibling Freydís Eiríksdóttir
Thorstein Erikson
Thorvald Erikson
source Saga of Erik the Red
Saga of the Greenlanders
timePeriod Viking Age

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Leif Erikson title Leif the Lucky
Bridge Between Continents alsoKnownAs Leif the Lucky Bridge
linked to: Leif the Lucky
Leif the Lucky nickname Leif the Lucky
Leifr notableBearer Leifr hinn heppni (Leif the Lucky)
linked to: Leif the Lucky