. The New England magazine. PROJECTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE RUGGED FACE OF THE CLIFF VEILED BY GOSSAMER. A CHAPTER OF NORWAY. 241 Generations came and went; thenRobert, called the Devil, becameDuke of Normandy, and father ofWilliam the Conqueror. Among the successful marinerswas. Eric Rufus, the discoverer ofGreenland. His son, Lief, emulous ofhis fathers fame, and very likely in-heriting his fondness for adventure aswell, decided to explore some islandsof which he had heard from an Ice-lander. In the year 1000 this youngfellows craft had become separatedfrom the fleet, and while en
. The New England magazine. PROJECTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE RUGGED FACE OF THE CLIFF VEILED BY GOSSAMER. A CHAPTER OF NORWAY. 241 Generations came and went; thenRobert, called the Devil, becameDuke of Normandy, and father ofWilliam the Conqueror. Among the successful marinerswas. Eric Rufus, the discoverer ofGreenland. His son, Lief, emulous ofhis fathers fame, and very likely in-heriting his fondness for adventure aswell, decided to explore some islandsof which he had heard from an Ice-lander. In the year 1000 this youngfellows craft had become separatedfrom the fleet, and while endeavoringto rejoin his companions, he had seennumerous islands which he could notthen investigate. This story fired thezeal of Lief, and he fitted out a vessel,manned by thirty-five men, and sailedsouthwesterly from Greenland. Indue time he found the coast, as Bjornhad described it, jutting out in threepeninsulas,—Newfoundland, NovaScotia and Cape Cod. This last hecalled Vineland. There is little doubtnow that Lief Ericson was the firstEuropean to land on our shor
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