A Fertile Land
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News of Bjarni’s voyage quickly spread amongst the Greenlanders. One of those to learn of it was Leif
Eiriksson, son of Eirik the Red, a close friend of Bjarni's father. The story that there might be a more fertile land towards the west fired Leif's imagination. The new land
offered the possibility of valuable timber for house building and ship construction, for Greenland already had to rely on its supply from Norway.
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Setting Forth - SOLGT
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Thus in 992 AD, Leif Eiriksson assembled a crew of 35 men, purchased Bjarni's ship, and made preparations
for his voyage West in search of the new found land. But not before he had asked his father Eirik if he wished to accompany him. Restless and still game for a seafaring
adventure, Eirik agreed, but met with a horse riding accident which forced him to drop out of the expedition. Leif set forth without his father.
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Inviting Shores I
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Leif first came across the glacier island described by Bjarni, though on this occasion the Viking sailors
landed only to find that between the shore and ice there was nothing more than stone and rock. Leif called the island Hulluland, Stoneland, and disappointed, hoist sail again.
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