Lief Ericson Q A L E Y P L X A L U M V M V R Y T H R A Q K I G Q O L V M J W X J M Y X N Q A D N O S I E D S G F L W Q I H O W N T F H A W K I F B D H E C N Z P Y L W P G T K F P E N H E W R G C W N I D D X I E D I U F B O L H I I M D T F R W K E A P T O Q G R N Q S Z F W T L Z O W P P I J O Q A L I A C X H X A O U S R P N F R S L R R C M J N L D A A X A W S L M N A W B A H B Y R J E E C B M D N N N P N L F N V A N K P L Z U H J J N E S R E M U S A D O B D E V I N U D Z D B N L D W I N T E R O D N L S I A E S D U M S X R Z Y T U E O D W I M F U M N N M V R K L G S A W Z U P D E Y U G O L G W K K J O I M G P I R O B Z I Y A O Y D E C Q S G E H P D I L V W H G O M X L N A L N W F O C S Y L N E E I T K O S D T H C V W O H Z N T E Z B Z E Y X U G H A E M X E O T F E H S E L N S A R Q A F R P Z T C R T K O R L S W Y A A R C M S M A E K C E Q P V M O K C D E F X D W S V V P I P T C W B M I Z V I U L K N Y H N Q O Z L G F M O I S F C X Q A R X Q V P P D E T A H A E E G R O P O R E T E K C U E M K X K Q J C M J A D L Y W F M O F S P C I P Q Y M Z E K Q P I E S U U A R N U D Q M U W A A Z A W F A Y L C A R S D E W A T Q O I J R N K N R Z I F N Q H Z K J E R A D N H F T C N R V Z J X I G A X K U R T R L H O E E M O A H F H H X H U X O W H H I P P O R J A N N B D E L T A F S Q T R K V F G J T E W X E O S I Y O K U O Y Q M A A V C C Z G F Y X F N M V Q N The MARINER and adventurer than it is today. On the Leif Ericson (971- ca. 1015) trip home with timber was the first NORSEMAN and other goods, Leif to seek out the coast of RESCUED a ship of NORTH AMERICA. Leif THORER and from it Ericson was born in obtained assorted Norwegian ICELAND, the son trade goods. Leif received of ERIC THE RED. the name "LUCKY" In 986, he moved with because it was such a his parents to GREENLAND. prosperous voyage. Bjarni Herjolfson who had followed his father, Leif in 997 sailed for missed the island and NORWAY, hoping to sailed in a southwesterly gain FAVOR with the direction and sighted king, OLAF TRYGGVASON. both the Labrador coast En route he visited the and NEWFOUNDLAND. Hebrides and left behind a pregnant mistress, As a young man, Leif THORGUNNA, who later listened carefully to followed him with his son. tales of this man's He spent the winter of adventures on the new 997 in Norway, where land he discovered. he increased in his He later decided he POWER and PRESTIGE. wanted to visit this He also became a new land. He was CHRISTIAN at this later supplied with the time.He later returned very same SHIP that home and had made had be used on the a few other trips first EXPLORATIONS. to Newfoundland. He set sail probably in 995, passed MARKLAND MARINER (Labrador), and reached NORSEMAN Newfoundland, where NORTH AMERICA his thirsty crewmen drank ICELAND DEW from the grass. ERIC THE RED Here the men decided GREENLAND to stay for the WINTER NEWFOUNDLAND where the days were longer. SHIP EXPLORATIONS In addition to building MARKLAND lodgings, the men cut DEW TIMBER and HUNTED. WINTER On one hunting and TIMBER exploratory expedition, HUNTED one of his men returned GRAPES with GRAPES which VINLAND later became a staple. VINLAND THE GOOD Leif named the area RESCUED VINLAND, which THORER subsequently became LUCKY known as VINLAND NORWAY THE GOOD. Grapes FAVOR grew wild in quantity OLAF TRYGGVASON in Newfoundland until THORGUNNA as late as the middle of POWER the 17th century, because PRESTIGE the climate then was CHRISTIAN much more benign Learning With Puzzles™All Rights Reserved