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Leif Ericson (Old Norse: Leifr Eiríksson) (c. 980 – c. 1020) was an Icelandic/Norwegian explorer and the first European thought to have landed in North America—more specifically, the region that would become Newfoundland and, by later extension, Canada. His exploration resulted in several settlements, with some evidence suggesting that later Norsemen may eventually have penetrated as far as Minnesota, either coming down from Hudson Bay or going west through the Great Lakes.
