The story of our nation, from the earliest discoveries to the present time ..together with a graphic account of Porto Rico, Cuba, Hawaii and the Philippine islands .. . 34 DISCOVERY OF AMERICA. It was lie who made the first colony in Greenland in 986. He wascalled Eric Rauda, or Eric the Red, because his hair and beard werered, said Katie. I read that he was twice a murderer, and that he was banishedfrom his native land. He was called Eric the Red because he was a. MOCK SUNS, SEEN EY EARLY EXPLORERS. murderer. He lived at Brattalid, and gave Greenland its name. assertedJake. Did he discover Am
The story of our nation, from the earliest discoveries to the present time ..together with a graphic account of Porto Rico, Cuba, Hawaii and the Philippine islands .. . 34 DISCOVERY OF AMERICA. It was lie who made the first colony in Greenland in 986. He wascalled Eric Rauda, or Eric the Red, because his hair and beard werered, said Katie. I read that he was twice a murderer, and that he was banishedfrom his native land. He was called Eric the Red because he was a. MOCK SUNS, SEEN EY EARLY EXPLORERS. murderer. He lived at Brattalid, and gave Greenland its name. assertedJake. Did he discover America ? asked Mamma Nelson. Oh no, cried Bessie. That was first seen by a man namedBiarne Herjulfson, (or Heriulf), whose father was one of Erics was sailing from Iceland to Greenland, when he ran into a fog bankand was driven about several days. When the fog cleared away andthey saw land, it did not look like the Greenland coast, but was low andsandy. He steered his vessel towards the north and reached land which he saw was probably Newfoundland or Labrador. DISCOVERY OF AMERICA. 35 And his account led Leif, Erics son, to make a search for the landwhich he had seen, Marion continued. It is said that he went as farsouth as New York harbor, although the Vineland which he found andnamed was probably between Cape Breton and Point Judith. Leif, Erics son, bought Biarnes vessel, and hired a crew of thirty-five men. Among them was a German
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