Bjarni Herjólfsson (fl. 10th century) was a Norse-Icelandic explorer who is believed to be the first known European discoverer of the mainland of the Americas...
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with the initial sighting of North America by an Icelander named Bjarni Herjólfsson, who spotted land after drifting off course on a journey to Greenland...
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Kjalarnes. In Grænlendinga saga or the 'Saga of the Greenlanders', Bjarni Herjólfsson accidentally discovered the new land when traveling from Norway to...
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Icelandic judoka Bjarni Fritzson (born 1980), Icelandic handball player Bjarni Guðjónsson (born 1979), Icelandic footballer Bjarni Herjólfsson (fl. 10th century)...
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selected European settlements. 986: Norsemen settle Greenland and Bjarni Herjólfsson sights coast of North America, but doesn't land (see also Norse colonization...
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Saga of the Greenlanders (section Bjarni's voyage)
Thorvald, and Thorstein, and a daughter named Freydis. A man named Bjarni Herjólfsson has the custom of spending alternate winters in Norway and in Iceland...
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outside of Greenland. The Greenland Saga describes a voyage made by Bjarni Herjolfsson, and the subsequent voyages of Leif Eriksson, his brother Thorvald...
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Thorvald Eiriksson Freydís Eiríksdóttir Gunnbjörn Ulfsson Snæbjörn galti Bjarni Herjólfsson Thorfinn Karlsefni Helgi and Finnbogi Literature Saga of Erik the...
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Thorvald Eiriksson Freydís Eiríksdóttir Gunnbjörn Ulfsson Snæbjörn galti Bjarni Herjólfsson Thorfinn Karlsefni Helgi and Finnbogi Literature Saga of Erik the...
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had been weakened by shipworms. In the Norse Saga of Erik the Red, Bjarni Herjólfsson, said to be the first European to discover the Americas, had his ship...
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