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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Saga of Erik the Red (redirect from Þorfinns saga karlsefnis)
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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Skræling (section Thorfinn Karlsefni)
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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