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Erik the Red
Erik Thorvaldsson, known as Erik the Red, was a Viking warrior, explorer, and father of Leif Erickson, who discovered Vinland (North America) for the Vikings. Although born in Norway, Erik grew up in Iceland after his father Thorvald Asvaldsson was banished from Norway as a result of killing multiple people. In a conflict erupting in Iceland between Erik and his neighboring family, Erik killed two people resulting in his banishment from Iceland.
Erik traveled to Oxney Island and intended to build a house that included ornamental beams that had mystical value for his family. A dispute ensued with the family in Iceland charged with keeping the beams for Erik. In the conflict, Eric killed two people. The dispute and killings were brought to the Althing (Viking Parliament) where it was determined to again banish Erik from Iceland for three years.
Erik then began exploration and ‘discovered’ an unoccupied land mass that he decided to colonize. He named the land mass Greenland in order to attract colonists. Temperatures being more moderate at the time, Erik’s Greenland colony grew to 5000 people. In 1002 CE, immigrants to Greenland brought an epidemic resulting in death of many colonists, including Erik. The colony continued to prosper until the mini Ice Age in the 15th century, which made Greenland almost uninhabitable.
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