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Thorvald

Norse explorer
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  • Vinland
    Vinland

    …of years later Leif’s brother Thorvald led an expedition to Vinland and spent two years there before he died in a skirmish with Native inhabitants. The following year a third brother, Thorstein, tried to reach Vinland to take Thorvald’s body back to Greenland, but storms kept him away. Encouraged by…

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    …of years later Leif’s brother Thorvald led an expedition to Vinland and spent two years there before he died in a skirmish with Native inhabitants. The following year a third brother, Thorstein, tried to reach Vinland to take Thorvald’s body back to Greenland, but storms kept him away. Encouraged by…

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