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Thorfinn Karlsefni

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[thawr-fin kahrl-sev-nee] / ˈθɔr fɪn ˈkɑrl sɛv ni /

noun

  1. 980–after 1007, Icelandic navigator, explorer, and leader of early colonizing expedition to Vinland, in North America.


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This particular viking tale is centered around a fictionalized version of real life viking Thorfinn Karlsefni.

From Salon • Dec. 23, 2023

Emblem No 1 was a sturdy Icelandic Viking named Thorfinn Karlsefni; after him came a procession of American types�a Ploughman, an Immigrant, a Slave, a Miner.

From Time Magazine Archive

Thorfinn Karlsefni, who was a very wealthy man, passed the winter at Brattahlid with Leif Ericsson.

From The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503 by Olson, Julius E.

On the contrary, our plain, business-like narrative tells us that Thorfinn Karlsefni tried to found a colony and failed; and it tells us why he failed.

From The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest by Fiske, John

Thorbrandsson, saga of Thorfinn Karlsefni and, see Eric the Red, saga of.Social life in Greenland in tenth century, soothsaying, 21-23;    Yule feast, 31.Sol,

From The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503 by Olson, Julius E.

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