Leif Erikson (also spelled Ericsson ... In 1963, archaeologists found ruins of a Viking-type settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows, in northern Newfoundland, which correspond to Leif's description ...

Anderson that suggested several fanciful disembarkation spots for the intrepid Viking, including in Rhode Island and Massachusetts (and is one reason why there’s a statue of Leif Erikson in ...

Leif Erikson, Leiv Eiriksson or Leif Ericson was a Norse explorer from Iceland. He is thought to be the first known European to have set foot on continental North America. Credit: Getty Images Old ...

An explorer and an archaeologist ... 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue.” But the Norse Sagas hinted at an alternative history in which Leif Erikson led the Vikings to North America.

Most people are aware that the Norse explorer Leif Eriksson was the first European to reach America, some 500 years before Christopher Columbus, but very few know he arrived as part of a Christian ...