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Erik the Red, properly Erik Thorvaldson 10th century
Norwegian sailor

He explored the Greenland coast and founded the Norse colonies there (985). His son Leif the Lucky landed in 'Vinland', often identified as America (1000). Both men are the subject of Icelandic sagas.