* Around 1010, Thorfinnr Karlsefni led an attempted Viking settlement in North America with 160 settlers, but was later driven off by the natives.

Freydís joins an expedition to Vinland led by Þorfinnr Karlsefni.

After expeditions to Vinland led by Leifr Eiríksson, Þorvaldr Eiríksson and Þorfinnr Karlsefni met with some success Freydís wants the prestige and wealth associated with a Vinland journey.

The Saga of the Greenlanders also tells of 160 men and women who settled in Markland for winter protection led by Thorfinn Karlsefni ( Þorfinnr Karlsefni Þórðarson ), c. 1010.

Thorfinn Karlsefni ( Jonsson ) | Statue of Thorfinn Karlsefni by Einar Jónsson in Philadelphia

When spring comes, Thorhall Gamlason, the Icelander, wants to sail north round Kjalarnes to seek Vinland, while Thorfinn Karlsefni prefers to sail southward down the east coast.

In about 986, Bjarni Herjólfsson, Leif Ericson and Þórfinnr Karlsefni from Greenland reached North America and attempted to settle the land they called Vinland.

The next winter, Gudrid marries a visiting Icelander named Thorfinn Karlsefni, who, with his business partner Snorri Thorbrandsson, agrees to undertake a major expedition to the new land, taking livestock.

After his death, Gurid moved back to Brattahlíð, where she married a merchant named Thorfinn Karlsefni, who is described in the Saga of Eirik the Red as being “ a man of good family and good means ” and “ a merchant of good repute .” According to " The Saga of the Greenlanders ," after their marriage, and at Gudrid ’ s urging, the two led an attempt to settle Vínland with sixty men, five women, and a cargo of various livestock ( while it is implied in " The Saga of Eirik the Red " that she accompanies him, Gudrid is never actually mentioned in the account of the journey ).

There are conflicting stories but one account states that a bull belonging to Karlsefni came storming out of the wood, so frightening the natives that they ran to their skin-boats and rowed away.

The next winter, Gudrid marries a visiting Icelander named Thorfinn Karlsefni, who agrees to undertake a major expedition to Vinland, taking livestock.

* Thorfinn Karlsefni, explorer who, along with Freydís Eiríksdóttir, sailed to Vínland.

Karlsefni and the rest came up to her and praised her zeal.

According to " The Saga of Eirik the Red ," " Karlsefni and Gudrid had a son named Thorbjorn, whose daughter Thorunn was the mother of Bishop Bjorn.

), ' The Saga of Eric the Red, also Called the Saga of Thorfinn Karlsefni and Snorri Thorbransson ', in The Finding of Wineland the Good: The History of the Icelandic Discovery of America ( London: Henry Frowde, 1890 ), pp. 28 – 52, available at http :// www. archive. org / details / winelandthegood00reevrich.

He was from Álftafjörður in west Iceland, a blood-brother of the renowned Snorri goði Þorgrímsson and comrade-in-arms with Þorfinnr Karlsefni.

In 1914 Einar was awarded a commission to create a statue of Icelandic explorer Þorfinnur Karlsefni for placement in Philadelphia.

Snorri Thorfinnsson ( Old Norse and Icelandic: Snorri Þorfinnsson, rarely Snorri Karlsefnisson, probably born between 1004 and 1013, and died c. 1090 ) was the son of the explorer Þorfinnr Karlsefni and Guðríðr Eiríksdóttir.

Thorfinn Karlsefni ( Old Norse: Þorfinnr Karlsefni, Icelandic: Þorfinnur Karlsefni ) was an Icelandic explorer who circa 1010 AD led an attempt to settle Vínland with three ships and 160 settlers.

On a bitterly cold day in January, 1895, accompanied only by Neal Brown as his deputy, Tilghman left the township of Guthrie and headed for Rock Fort and Dunn's ranch.

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