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Bjarni Herjulfsson

Viking explorer

Also known as: Bjarni Herjólfsson

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exploration of Atlantic coastlines

In European exploration: Exploration of the Atlantic coastlines
About 1000 ce, one Bjarni Herjulfsson, on his way from Iceland to Greenland, was blown off course far to the southwest; he saw an unknown shore and returned to tell his tale. Leif, Erik’s son, together with some 30 others, set out in 1001 to explore. They probably reached…
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sighting of Vinland

In Viking: The western seas, Vinland, and Ireland
…sight mainland North America was Bjarni Herjólfsson, whose Greenland-bound ship was blown westward off course about 985 and apparently skirted the coastline of eastern Canada before returning to Greenland. This tradition contends that about 1000 a crew of 35 men led by Leif Eriksson, son of Erik the Red, went…
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