The True Story of Leif Erikson | Vikings Valhalla

  / historyprofiles   All Credit for the music goes to: Royalty Free Music - Alexander Nakarada    • Melodic/Celtic/Fantasy → Fjörður (Full Alb...   Sources: The Saga of Eric the Red - The Saga of the Greenlanders One of History’s most successful but forgotten explorers was Leif Erikson, the man who discovered and explored the lands of North America, otherwise known to the Vikings as Vinland. So why did our teachers at school and everyone else credit Christopher Columbus for discovering America when the Vikings were there 500 years earlier? First lets explore further into the life of Leif Erikson.