Leif ericsson biography of barack obama

          NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim October 9, , as Leif Erikson Day. I call upon....

          Leif Erikson

          Norse explorer (c.

          Obama would focus on Leif's connection to Norway, when he was born in Iceland and raised in both Iceland and Greenland.

        1. Obama would focus on Leif's connection to Norway, when he was born in Iceland and raised in both Iceland and Greenland.
        2. Leif Erikson, also known as Leif the Lucky was a Norse explorer who is thought to have been the first European to set foot on continental America.
        3. NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim October 9, , as Leif Erikson Day. I call upon.
        4. More than a millennium ago, Leif Erikson, a son of Iceland and grandson of Norway, cast off from Norway's familiar shores and set sail for.
        5. Over a millennium ago, Leif.

          6. 970–c. 1020)

          "Leif Ericson" redirects here. For other uses, see Leif Ericson (disambiguation).

          This is a Norse name. The last name is a patronymic, not a family name; this person is properly referred to by the given name Leif.

          Leif Erikson,[note 1] also known as Leif the Lucky (c. 970s – c. 1018 to 1025),[1] was a Norse explorer who is thought to have been the first European to set foot on continental America, approximately half a millennium before Christopher Columbus.[7][8] According to the sagas of Icelanders, he established a Norse settlement at Vinland, which is usually interpreted as being coastal North America.

          There is ongoing speculation that the settlement made by Leif and his crew corresponds to the remains of a Norse settlement found in Newfoundland, Canada, called L'Anse aux Meadows, which was occupied approximately 1,000 years ago.

          Leif's place of birth is unknown,&#