group 6 by Alexis Lofton https://padlet.com/alexislofton418/r1h8ih4pzbwv Brainstorm Ideas en-us 2017-01-27 14:36:48 UTC 2026-01-09 02:54:59 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Dootheets.png hola senors y senoras https://padlet.com/alexislofton418/r1h8ih4pzbwv/wish/149908842 2017-01-27 15:38:54 UTC https://padlet.com/alexislofton418/r1h8ih4pzbwv/wish/149908842 country represented: Icelandic explorer https://padlet.com/alexislofton418/r1h8ih4pzbwv/wish/149910278 2017-01-27 15:42:58 UTC https://padlet.com/alexislofton418/r1h8ih4pzbwv/wish/149910278 Leif Erikson https://padlet.com/alexislofton418/r1h8ih4pzbwv/wish/149910475 2017-01-27 15:43:34 UTC https://padlet.com/alexislofton418/r1h8ih4pzbwv/wish/149910475 travelled from Greenland to Norway in 999 AD https://padlet.com/alexislofton418/r1h8ih4pzbwv/wish/149910944 2017-01-27 15:44:52 UTC https://padlet.com/alexislofton418/r1h8ih4pzbwv/wish/149910944 Eriksson sailed off course on his way back to Greenland and landed on the North American continent, where he explored a region he called Vinland. https://padlet.com/alexislofton418/r1h8ih4pzbwv/wish/149911740 2017-01-27 15:47:08 UTC https://padlet.com/alexislofton418/r1h8ih4pzbwv/wish/149911740 He is generally believed to be the first European to reach the North American continent, nearly four centuries years before Christopher Columbus arrived in 1492. https://padlet.com/alexislofton418/r1h8ih4pzbwv/wish/149911821 2017-01-27 15:47:20 UTC https://padlet.com/alexislofton418/r1h8ih4pzbwv/wish/149911821 the type of ship he purchased was a "Bjarni Herjolfsson." Erikson and his crew of 35 men used this ship to explore the western boundaries of Canada and Greenland. https://padlet.com/alexislofton418/r1h8ih4pzbwv/wish/149912758 2017-01-27 15:49:57 UTC https://padlet.com/alexislofton418/r1h8ih4pzbwv/wish/149912758 Eriksson’s ships are said to have drifted off course on the return voyage home, finding dry ground at last on the North American continent. https://padlet.com/alexislofton418/r1h8ih4pzbwv/wish/149913026 2017-01-27 15:50:45 UTC https://padlet.com/alexislofton418/r1h8ih4pzbwv/wish/149913026 Olaf commissioned Eriksson to proselytize across Greenland and spread Christianity to the settlers there as well https://padlet.com/alexislofton418/r1h8ih4pzbwv/wish/149913210 2017-01-27 15:51:19 UTC https://padlet.com/alexislofton418/r1h8ih4pzbwv/wish/149913210 Eriksson had heard already learned of “Vinland” from another seamen, Bjarni Herjólfsson, who had already been there more than a decade earlier, and that Eriksson sailed there on purpose, https://padlet.com/alexislofton418/r1h8ih4pzbwv/wish/149913418 2017-01-27 15:51:52 UTC https://padlet.com/alexislofton418/r1h8ih4pzbwv/wish/149913418 Erik the Red was set to join Leif on his first North American expedition, but he left the crew after falling off his horse on the way to board the ship. Erik wasn’t injured, but he took the fall as a bad omen—even if it wasn’t one bad enough to get his son to stop his plan. https://padlet.com/alexislofton418/r1h8ih4pzbwv/wish/149913788 2017-01-27 15:53:00 UTC https://padlet.com/alexislofton418/r1h8ih4pzbwv/wish/149913788