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Greenland saga
The
Grœnlendinga saga
(spelled
Grænlendinga saga
in modern Icelandic and translated into English as the
Saga of the Greenlanders
) is one of the
sagas of Icelanders
. Along with
Saga of Erik the Red
, it is one of the two main literary sources of information for the
Norse exploration of North America
. It relates the colonization of
Greenland
by
Erik the Red
and his followers. It then describes several expeditions further west led by Erik's children and
Þorfinnr "Karlsefni" Þórðarson
.
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