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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

Thorfinn Karlsefni, who was a very wealthy man, passed the winter there in Greenland, with Lief Ericsson.

From Great Epochs in American History, Volume I. Voyages Of Discovery And Early Explorations: 1000 A.D.-1682 by Francis W. (Francis Whiting) Halsey

In the year 1007, three ships sailed for Vineland, one commanded by Thorfinn Karlsefni, one by Bjarni Grimolfson, and the third by Thorvard, the husband of Freydis, the half-sister of Leif, the son of Erik.

From The Discovery of America by the Northmen, 985-1015 by Edmund F. (Edmund Farwell) Slafter

Eric in, 23, 27, 46, 48, 50;    Biarni and Thorfinn Karlsefni in, 30-31;    Leif arrives, 54;    Gudrid comes to, 59.Brazil, discovery, 326 n.Brazil, mythical island, 426 n.,

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

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 Julius E. Olson

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