Vinland
"There was a man named Bjarni, Grimolf's son, a man of Breidafjordr (Broadfirth); another called Thorhall, son of Gamli, a man from the east of Iceland. They prepared their ship the very same summer as Karlsefni, with intent also to go to Greenland. They had in the ship forty men. The two ships launched out into the open sea as soon as they were ready. It is not recorded how long a voyage they had. But, after this, I have to tell you that both these ships came to Eiriksfjordr about autumn."
Fourteen years before Leif converted Greenland to Christianity, a man named Bjarni Herjulfson was blown off course by an easterly wind on a return trip to greenland. He became the first European to lay eyes on America. It was Bjarni who told Leif of the land to the west, but it was Leif who first set foot on it. He found a land that was lush and vast, containing many berry bushes, and possessing a climate ideal for growing grapes. Thus, he named it Vinland, meaning vineyard land.
Of course, the Greenlanders weren't the only humans inhabiting Vinland, they were sharing it with hordes of Thule Eskimos. Initial relations with the natives were peaceful, and the two peoples traded furs and cloth. However, a certain misunderstanding ended this relation and turned both parties hostile towards each other.
Fourteen years before Leif converted Greenland to Christianity, a man named Bjarni Herjulfson was blown off course by an easterly wind on a return trip to greenland. He became the first European to lay eyes on America. It was Bjarni who told Leif of the land to the west, but it was Leif who first set foot on it. He found a land that was lush and vast, containing many berry bushes, and possessing a climate ideal for growing grapes. Thus, he named it Vinland, meaning vineyard land.
Of course, the Greenlanders weren't the only humans inhabiting Vinland, they were sharing it with hordes of Thule Eskimos. Initial relations with the natives were peaceful, and the two peoples traded furs and cloth. However, a certain misunderstanding ended this relation and turned both parties hostile towards each other.