id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt 41221 DeCosta, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin) The Pre-Columbian Discovery of America by the Northmen Illustrated by Translations from Icelandic Sagas .txt text/plain 55173 3804 82 land is spoken of as "Ireland the Great." The Irish, in the early times, In the year 999, Leif, son of Eric, sailed out to Norway and passed the Next is given three accounts of the voyage of Leif, son of Eric the Red, Bishop Eric sailed on a voyage to this place in the year 1121. same summer in which Eric went to settle in Greenland, thirty-five ships Learned men say that twenty-five ships went that summer to Greenland The land some call Greenland, was discovered and settled from Iceland. Greenland, and said it would encourage people to come there, if the land Biarne, sailed to discover the new land, which he called Vinland, on Leif, a son of Eric Red of Brattahlid, went over[94] to Biarne into Greenland, and passed the winter with Leif, son of Eric Red. Biarne After the next summer, Karlsefne went to Iceland with his son Snorre, ./cache/41221.txt ./txt/41221.txt