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    Thorfinn Karlsefni Thórdarson was an Icelandic explorer. Around the year 1010, he followed Leif Eriksson's route to Vinland in a short-lived attempt to...
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    Thorfinn Karlsefni is a bronze statue of Norse explorer Thorfinn Karlsefni, created by Icelandic sculptor Einar Jónsson. The first casting was located...
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  • Thorfinn (Japanese: トルフィン, Hepburn: Torufin), also called Thorfinn Karlsefni (ソルフィン・カルルセヴニ) and Thorfinn Thordarson (ソルフィン・ソルザルソン), is a fictional character...
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  • include: Thorfinn Torf-Einarsson (died c. 963), Earl of Orkney Thorfinn Karlsefni (fl. 1010), Icelandic explorer Thorfinn the Mighty or Thorfinn Sigurdsson...
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    expedition of Thorfinn Karlsefni and his wife Gudrid, also recounted in the Saga of the Greenlanders. For this reason it was formerly also called Þorfinns saga...
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    my armpit. Here is the arrow, and this wound will cause my death.' Thorfinn Karlsefni was the first Norse explorer to attempt to truly colonize the newly...
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    as a single expedition led by Thorfinn Karlsefni. The voyage of Thorvald Eriksson is told here as part of the Karlsefni expedition. Vinland "Thorvald...
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  • publication by Kodansha USA. The story is a dramatization of the story of Thorfinn Karlsefni and his expedition to find Vinland, with the majority of the story...
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  • Greenlanders, known collectively as the Vinland sagas. She and her husband Thorfinn Karlsefni led an expedition to Vinland where their son Snorri Thorfinnsson was...
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    considerable number of Vikings were in parties that visited Vinland. Thorfinn Karlsefni's crew consisted of 140 or 160 people according to the Saga of Erik...
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  • between 1004 and 1013, and died c. 1090) was the son of explorers Thorfinn Karlsefni and Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir. He is considered to be the first child...
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    he died before leaving Greenland. A few years later, Thorfinn Karlsefni, also known as "Thorfinn the Valiant", supplied three ships with livestock and...
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    saga as just one expedition led by Thorfinn Karlsefni, although Erik's son Thorvald, his daughter Freydís and Karlsefni's wife Gudrid play key roles in the...
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    Eriksson, Thorstein Eriksson and his wife Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir, Thorfinn Karlsefni, and Freydís Eiríksdóttir. Bjarni and his crew discover three lands...
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    to Vinland, but others from Greenland and Iceland did, including Thorfinn Karlsefni. According to this saga, Leif was not the first European to discover...
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    expeditions to Vinland led by Leif Erikson, Þorvaldr Eiríksson, and Þorfinnr Karlsefni, Freydís wanted the prestige and wealth associated with a Vinland journey...
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    Herjólfsson, encountered by Leif Erikson and further explored by Thorfinn Karlsefni Thórdarson around AD 1000 on the North Atlantic coast of North America...
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    is according to the Sagas of Icelanders a fjord in Vinland where Thorfinn Karlsefni set up a temporary settlement. It is described in the Saga of Erik...
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    women who settled in Markland for winter protection led by Thorfinn Karlsefni (Þorfinnr Karlsefni Þórðarson), c. 1010. The Saga of Erik the Red indicates...
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  • Norseman Thorfinn Karlsefni, the first European to come into contact with the local Skrælings, or North American Indigenous peoples. Thorfinn's son, Snorri...
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    where it is related that the inhabitants of Markland speak of it to Thorfinn Karlsefni. Now, when they sailed from Vinland, they had a southern wind, and...
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    Bunford Samuel to create a statue of Icelandic explorer Þorfinnur Karlsefni (Thorfinn Karlsefni) for placement in Philadelphia. Bunford commissioned the sculpture...
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    Nations for the duration of the fair (with a casting of the statue of Thorfinn Karlsefni by Einar Jónsson at the other entrance). Following the fair, the Mariners'...
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    and Baffin Island Leif Erikson to Newfoundland (Vinland) Spouses Thorfinn Karlsefni and Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir led an expedition to Vinland where they...
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    Eiríksdóttir Gunnbjörn Ulfsson Snæbjörn galti Bjarni Herjólfsson Thorfinn Karlsefni Helgi and Finnbogi Literature Saga of Erik the Red Saga of the Greenlanders...
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    Norse colonization of North America St. Barbe-L'Anse aux Meadows Thorfinn Karlsefni Vinland map Nydal, Reidar (1989). "A Critical Review of Radiocarbon...
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  • loosely based on the historical personage of early Vinland explorer Thorfinn Karlsefni. Askeladd (アシェラッド, Asheraddo) Voiced by: Naoya Uchida (Japanese);...
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    Eiríksdóttir Gunnbjörn Ulfsson Snæbjörn galti Bjarni Herjólfsson Thorfinn Karlsefni Helgi and Finnbogi Literature Saga of Erik the Red Saga of the Greenlanders...
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  • supports her stepson, leading to conflict at court. Viking explorer Thorfinn Karlsefni attempts to found a settlement in North America (approximate date)...
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    tells of a battle that the Icelander Thorfinn Karlsefni fought with the Skrælingar and in which two of Karlsefni's men and four Inuit were killed. In the...
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