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Saga of Erik the Red
Eiríks saga rauða
or the
Saga of Erik the Red
is a
saga
on the
Norse exploration of North-America
. The saga chronicles the events that led to
Erik the Red
's banishment to
Greenland
as well as
Leif Ericson
's discovery of
Vinland
after his
longship
was blown off course. By geographical details, this place is thought to be present-day
Newfoundland
, and was probably the first European discovery of the
American
mainland, some five centuries before
Christopher Columbus
's voyage to Central America.
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