Leif Eriksson, First Voyager to AmericaTells about the life and adventures of Leif Ericksson with his father from Iceland to Greenland, where he grew up. Describes his journeys back to Norway, where he became a christian and then to the land he called Vinland and how his kinsmen settled and met the indians. |
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THE THOR POST AND | 1 |
HIS NAME IS LEIF | 8 |
A BOY LEARNS WHAT HE MUST | 14 |
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