Thorfinn Karlsefni

Icelandic explorer

970 CE to 1035 CE

Thorfinn Karlsefni, whose byname signifies "Makings of a man", is an Icelandic explorer.

Around the year 1010, he followw Leif Eriksson's discovered route to Vinland (Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, or perhaps further south), in a short-lived attempt to establish a permanent settlement there with his passengers and crew.

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