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Erik the Red

Erik Thorvaldsson, a 10th-century Norse explorer who, after being exiled from Iceland, founded the first European settlement in Greenland.
Greenland is mostly ice, yet its name means 'green land.' Around 982 the Viking Erik the Red, exiled from Iceland for murder, founded a colony and chose an appealing name to lure settlers. The fjords he settled did green in summer. Around 985, 25 ships set out; 14 arrived.
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