Erik the Red Coloring Page

Erik was born in Norway and moved to Iceland with his father. After he was involved in killings there, he was sent away for three years. He used the time to explore a land to the west that other sailors had spotted.

The sagas say he called it Greenland on purpose, because a nice name would make it easier to convince people to move there. Around 985 he led settlers over, and the colony lasted for about 450 years. His son Leif Erikson went exploring too.