According to Norse lore, Erik the Red sailed to Iceland in the 900s and settled which land?

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According to Norse lore, Erik the Red sailed to Iceland in the 900s and settled which land?

Erik the Red’s move shows how Norse explorers expanded after exile. After being banished from Iceland for a murder, he went farther west and established a settlement on the southwestern coast of Greenland, which he named to attract settlers. Around 985 he and his followers founded this colony, making Greenland the land he settled. Iceland was his homeland, not the place he settled, and Vinland refers to Norse exploration of North America rather than a sustained settlement by him. So Greenland is the land Erik the Red settled.

Erik the Red’s move shows how Norse explorers expanded after exile. After being banished from Iceland for a murder, he went farther west and established a settlement on the southwestern coast of Greenland, which he named to attract settlers. Around 985 he and his followers founded this colony, making Greenland the land he settled. Iceland was his homeland, not the place he settled, and Vinland refers to Norse exploration of North America rather than a sustained settlement by him. So Greenland is the land Erik the Red settled.

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