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Leif Erikson or Leif Ericson ( or ; ; Icelandic: ''Leifur Eiríksson''; Norwegian: ''Leiv Eiriksson'' c. 970 – c. 1020) was an Icelandic〔 explorer considered by some as the first European to land in North America (excluding Greenland), before Christopher Columbus.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Leif Erikson (11th century) )〕 According to the Sagas of Icelanders, he established a Norse settlement at Vinland, tentatively identified with the Norse L'Anse aux Meadows on the northern tip of Newfoundland in modern-day Canada. Leif was the son of Erik the Red, the founder of the first Norse settlement in Greenland and of Þjóðhildur (anglicized Thjodhild). He was likely born in Iceland,〔(Leif Eriksson ) - Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 2012. Retrieved 11 April 2012.〕〔(books.google.is )〕 and grew up in the family estate ''Brattahlíð'' in the Eastern Settlement. Leif had two known sons: Thorgils, born to noblewoman Thorgunna in the Hebrides; and Thorkell, who succeeded him as chieftain of the Greenland settlement. ==Early life== Leif was the son of Erik the Red and his wife Thjodhild, and the grandson of Thorvaldr Ásvaldsson, and distant relative of Naddodd, who discovered Iceland. He was a Viking in the early days. His year of birth is most often given as c. 970 or c. 980.〔 Though Leif's birthplace is not accounted for in the sagas, it is likely he was born in Iceland,〔 where his parents met〔Sanderson, Jeanette. (2002) ''Explorers'', Teaching Resources/Scholastic. p. 14. ISBN 0-439-25181-8.〕—probably somewhere on the edge of Breiðafjörður, and possibly at the farm ''Haukadal'' where Thjóðhild's family is said to have been based.〔 Leif had two brothers, whose names were Thorsteinn and Thorvaldr, and a sister, Freydís. Thorvald Asvaldsson was banished from Norway for manslaughter and went into exile in Iceland accompanied by young Erik. When Erik was himself banished from Iceland, he travelled further west to an area he named Greenland, where he established the first permanent settlement in 986.〔 Tyrker, one of Erik's thralls, had been specially trusted to keep in charge of Erik's children, as Leif later referred to him as his "foster father". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Leif Erikson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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