USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Erik the Red is the first Viking to discover Greenland and is credited for giving the country its name ‘green land’. His son Leif Eriksson is credited in history as the first Viking to discover North America.

Detailed explanation-2: -It is written in the Icelandic sagas that Erik the Red therefore sailed west in 982 to find a new place to live. He set off with his family and closest associates and discovered a land with an inviting fjord landscape and lush, green valleys. He was impressed with the natural resources he found there.

Detailed explanation-3: -Erik the Red was a character in Vikings’ season 6, played by Eric Johnson.

Detailed explanation-4: -Erik Torvaldsson, who was also known as Erik the Red, was a Viking adventurer. He was born in Norway, but settled in Iceland, along with his father Thorvald Asvaldsson, who was banished to Iceland after he killed another man. Erik was banished from Iceland, for killing two men. He voyaged west and discovered Greenland.

Detailed explanation-5: -However, according to legend, Erik fell off his horse on the way to the ship and took this as a bad sign, leaving his son to continue without him. Erik died in an epidemic that killed many of the colonists in the winter after his son’s departure.