The Saga of Eric the Red (Icelandic: Eiríks saga rauða) is a saga about Eric the Red. The Norse sagas or Viking sagas (Icelandic: sögur), are stories about ancient Scandinavian and Germanic history, about early Viking voyages, about migration to Iceland, and of feuds between Icelandic families. ... This article concerns the Viking explorer. ...

In the saga, the events that led Eric the Red's banishment to Greenland are chronicled, as well as Leif Ericson's discovery of Vinland the Good( or pastureland ), a place where wheat and grapes grew naturally, after his longboat was blown off-course. By geographical details, this place is surmised to be present-day Newfoundland, and is likely the first European discovery of the American mainland, some five centuries before Christopher Columbus's journey. This article concerns the Viking explorer. ... A statue of Leif Ericsson in front of the Hallgrímskirkja in Reykjavik Leifur Eiríksson (old Icelandic: Leifr Eiríksson) was an Icelandic explorer that was the first European to discover North America and more specifically, the region that would become Newfoundland and by later extension, Canada and the... A longboat is a large boat powered by multiple oars and carried on a ship (especially sailed merchant ships). ... Newfoundland (French: Terre-Neuve; Irish: Talamh an Éisc; Latin: Terra Nova) Newfoundland (originally, Terra Nova) was very likely named by the Portuguese João Vaz Corte-Real in 1472, which would make it the oldest European name in North America. ... Christopher Columbus (conjectural image) For information about the film director, see the article on Chris Columbus. ...