|
Astatueon the grounds of Minnesota's state capitol honors this Viking, who reached North America around 1000 |
Leif Erikson
DD
|
$3,000 |
DJ |
EXPLORERS |
2022-09-16 |
#8700 |
|
Around 1000 A.D. he sailed west to seek North America, which Bjarni Herjolfsson had sighted |
Leif Erikson
DD
|
$2,000 |
DJ |
EXPLORERS |
2016-09-16 |
#7360 |
|
In 1004 his brother Thorvald fought with Indians who killed him with an arrow, possibly in Labrador |
Leif Erikson
|
$800 |
J |
EXPLORERS |
2002-02-06 |
#4018 |
|
He was still a youth when his father, Eric the Red, was exiled from Iceland for killing a neighbor |
Leif Erikson
|
$200 |
DJ |
EXPLORERS |
1996-05-07 |
#2702 |
|
The Information Please Almanac gives him credit for discovering Labrador, but questions Nova Scotia |
Leif Erikson
|
$800 |
DJ |
EXPLORERS |
1988-07-15 |
#910 |
|
Due to abundance of grapes, this 10th c. discoverer called America "Vineland the Good" |
Leif Erikson
|
$400 |
J |
EXPLORERS |
1987-06-17 |
#658 |
|
Norse explorer who landed in America 500 years before Columbus |
Leif Erikson
|
$200 |
DJ |
EXPLORERS |
1984-09-19 |
#8 |