Biography
Eric Redhead - the Scandinavian navigator, who founded the first settlement in the territory of Greenland. The bright color of the hair gave a man nickname, secured behind him for life.Childhood and youth
The discoverer was born in 950 in Norway. His biography is connected with the era of the rule of Harald Beautiful. Eric was the son of Torvald Asvaldson. Father was distinguished by a stormy temper. Having murder, he, together with his family, was forced to leave outside the native country. Setting up in Iceland, a man and in a new place experienced problems in mutual understanding with others. The family was not enough, so Eric dreamed of living independently to break out of poverty.
He took over his father's temperament and by 980 was convicted by the people's assembly for two murders. By fulfilling the sentence, the man has ships equipped and sailed, going to that part of the Earth, which was observed from the mountain peaks of Western Iceland. In the 9th century, Gunburn Ulf Krakason visited these places, doing fishing.
Personal life
Eric was married to Jorunda, a girl from a secured family who lived in the Haukadal district. Did a spouse he used to purchase a site and find a family farm. History tells about the expeditions of Erica Red and his contribution to the development of geography, but not so much know about the personal life of the man. A reliable fact is the information that he had three sons and one daughter.Thanks to the older Leaf, Greenland visited the priest, sanctified local lands. Eric remained an adherent paganism and often reinforced his wife and sons for their desire to spread Christianity.
Travel and research
Having traveled to the road in the 982nd, Eric Redhead took with him a family, supplies, cattle and servants. For a long time, you hindered the ice to the shore, but the navigator came down the island from the south side and landed on the ground where the city of Kutatok is now. This locality was named Greenland, which means "Green Earth". For three years, Eric lived here with loved ones without meeting other settlers. He managed to explore new spaces and on the boat to get to the island of Disco, located nearby.
In the 986th, the term of expulsion was completed. Returning to Iceland, Eric began to convince comrades to go on a journey to explore the land open to them. Judging by the Norwegian folklore, 30 ships followed. Not all of them got to the destination. 14 ships stuck to the shore of Greenland, filling the island with 350 settlers. They organized the first settlement, which was named East settlement. The residence of Eric was located at the modern Narassarssua.
In the summer, Greenland has established a message with Scandinavia and started trading relationships. During the hikes, Bierie Hyorlfson came across the shore of the unknown land and returned to tell about this compatriots. Eric became interested in finding. He attracted his sons to his research and gathered an expedition, whose leader was the son of Leif Ericsson. He went on the road and opened the mainland Winland, known as North America.
Leif also visited Marcland, the territory of which is modern Newfoundland. Ostainene and Torvald, other sons of the navigator, also showed themselves as researchers. Torvald was headed by Vikings, the first in these America. He was killed in the battle with the Indians, and the other Greenlandians fled home. The descendants of Erica Redhead could not colonize America.
Death
In the last years of life, Eric Redhead did not take long journey. Sons called him in swimming, but shortly before him, a man fell from a horse and considered it a bad sign. Staying in the already native lands until 1003, he died on Earth, which became the second home for him. According to some reports, the cause of the death of Erica Redhead became Mor who took the lives of many of his associates. The funeral of the leader was lush. His body was burned on the Viking ship.