1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
THORFINN KARLSEFNI, or KARLSEFNE (fl. 1002-1007), Scandinavian explorer, leader of the chief medieval expedition for American colonization. Thorfinn belonged to a leading Icelandic family and had great success in trading voyages. In 1002 he came to Greenland, married Gudrid, widow of Red Eric's son Thorstein, and put himself at the head of a great expedition now undertaken from Ericsfiord for the further exploration and settlement of the western Vinland (south Nova Scotia?) lately discovered by Leif Ericsson (q.v.)…
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