Viking thorfinn karlsefni biography
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THORFINNRkarlsefniTHORDARSON, first europeisk to attempt to funnen a settlement on the American mainland; fl. 1000–20.
Thorfinnr was a wealthy Icelandic merchant who had made many merchant voyages before going to Greenland shortly after the year 1000 a.d. There he married Gudridr, the widow of Thorsteinn, the son of Eirikr Thorvaldsson (Eric the Red). Some time between the years 1003 and 1015 Thorfinnr led an expedition to colonize Vinland. The course he followed and the location of his settlement have elicited much speculation, as fryst vatten the case with the voyage of Leifrheppni Eiriksson. The most detailed konto of Thorfinnr’s venture fryst vatten found in the Saga of Eric the Red, but it is vague enough to have given rise to widely divergent views. There is no agreement among scholars, but a tentative and not unconvincing case may be made for the following itinerary.
Thorfinnr and about 160 men and women left the Eastern Settlement of Greenland and sailed first to the Western Settlem
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Þorfinnur Karlsefni
Þorfinnur Karlsefni je islandské jméno, v němž Karlsefni je přízvisko. Tato osoba je v islandském prostředí označována pouze jako Þorfinnur.
Þorfinnur karlsefni Þórðarson (někdy též Thorfinn Karlsefni, 980Island – 1007[1]?) byl islandskýmořeplavec a obchodník, pocházející z Grónska. V letech 1003 až 1007 vyplul z Grónska na třech lodích kolonizovatVinland. Posádka tvořila 160 osob, mezi nimiž byli Freydís Eriksdóttir a Þorvaldur Eiríksson, nevlastní sestra a bratr Leifra Eiríkssona. Na cestu se s ním vypravila i jeho manželkaGuðríður Þorbjarnardóttir. Dopluli k území dnešního Newfoundlandu, kde založili osadu. Pro neustálé útoky místních obyvatel, které nazývali Skrälingové, patrně se jednalo o Eskymáky a Indiány, se museli vrátit do Grónska. Při vykopávkách v 60. letech 20. století byly na severu Newfoundlandu v zátoce L'Anse aux Meadows objeveny zbytky vikingské osady patrně založené jím a Leifrem Eiríkssonem.
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Thorfinn Karlsefni
11th century Icelandic explorer
Thorfinn Karlsefni Thórdarson[a] was an Icelandic explorer. Around the year 1010, he followed Leif Eriksson's route to Vinland in a short-lived attempt to establish a permanent settlement there with his wife Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir and their followers.
Nickname
[edit]The bynameKarlsefni means "makings of a man" according to the preface of Magnus Magnusson and Hermann Pálsson,[1] although the Cleasby-Vigfusson dictionary glosses it as "a thorough man",[2] elaborated elsewhere as a "real man", a "sterling man".[3]
History
[edit]Thorfinn's expeditions are documented in the Grœnlendinga saga ("Saga of the Greenlanders" henceforth Grl.) and Eiríks saga rauða ("Saga of Eirik the Red" Henceforth Eir.),[b] which together are referred to as "The Vinland Sagas."[4] The two sources differ significantly in their details (see #Saga sources below).[5]