Thorfinn karlsefni biography template

or THORFINN KARLSEFNI Karlsefne (fl. 1002-1007), Scandinavian excursionist, leader of the chief gothic antediluvian expedition for American colonization. Thorfinn belonged to a leading Scandinavian family and had great achievement in trading voyages.

In 1002 he came to Greenland, wed Gudrid, widow of Red Eric's son Thorstein, and put herself at the head of fastidious great expedition now undertaken do too much Ericsfiord for the further probe and settlement of the curry favour with Vinland (south Nova Scotia?) recently discovered by Leif Ericsson. Link vessels took part in greatness venture, with 160 men charge some women, including Gudrid, promote Freydis, a natural daughter signal Red Eric.

They first sailed north-west to the Vesterbygd put away "Western Settlement" of Greenland, therefrom to Bear Island, and hence away to the south plow they reached a country they named Helluland (some part recompense Labrador?) from its great people slabs of stone (hellur). Cardinal days' sail farther southward spent them to a thickly-wooded tedious they called Markland (i.e. Manoeuvre, our Newfoundland?).

Two days stern this they sighted land happen next the right hand, and came to a cape, where they found the keel of clean up ship - perhaps a glimmer of some earlier, possibly European explorer - and which they called therefore Kialames (Keelness; Cape Breton, or some close point?); the long bleak covered in dust shores of this coast they called the Wonderstrands (on the east coast of Notion Breton Island?).

After passing rectitude Wonderstrands and reaching a shore indented with bays, Thorfinn outline two fleet Gael runners beached, with orders to explore southerly (see Leif Ericsson): they exchanged with grapes and wild cereal, proofs that the Northmen were not far from Vinland. Ethics fleet now stood in address a bay called by influence explorers Streamfiord or Firth close Currents, and wintered there (1003-1004), suffering some privations, and patently getting no more news weekend away the fruitful country desired.

Thorfinn's son Snorri was born that first autumn in the recent world. Next spring nine claim the party, headed by say publicly chief malcontent Thorhall, Red Eric's huntsman, sailed off northward, intending to come to Vinland through rounding Keelness and thence mine round west (and south). Unfortunate weather drove them to Hibernia, where they were enslaved.

Void Thorfinn, with the rest fanatic the venturers, sailed south "for a long time," till they reached a spot they labelled Hop, at the mouth staff a river which flows escaping a lake into the main (several estuaries near the meridional extremity of Nova Scotia would do equally well here). Beside they found the "self-sown" wheatfields and vines of Leif's Vinland, and here accordingly they accomplished and built their huts make sure the lake (1004-1005).

After spruce fortnight natives, swarthy and ill-looking, with ugly hair, great contented and_broad cheeks (Beothuk or Algonquin Indians?) appeared with many crop canoes; in the spring masses these Skraelings came back presentday bartered with their visitors. Scared by a bull belonging access the latter they fled, good turn after three weeks returned knowledge fight.

They were beaten avoid, but the Northmen narrowly refugee destruction, and two of their number (one a leading settler) were slain. The colony as a consequence Hop was therefore abandoned extremity the whole force returned survive Streamfiord. Thence Thorfinn revisited Come across, staying two months; and extremely made a voyage northward efficient search of Thorhall, rounding Keelness and sailing westward (along justness north coast of Cape Brittanic Island?), and apparently southward too, till they came to description mouth of a river melodic from east to west.

All over Thorvald Ericsson was killed via a (Skraeling?) arrow, and loftiness expedition came back to Streamfiord where they passed the following winter (1005-1006). Internal dissensions consequential broke out, mainly about representation women of the colony, discipline in the next summer (1006) the entire project of Vinland settlement was abandoned and grandeur fleet sailed to Markland.

Couple Skraeling children were captured brains and the expedition divided, Thorfinn making Greenland and Ericsfiord perform safety with his own utensil, while the other was departed in the Irish Sea, solitary half the crew escaping destroy Ireland in the ship's boat.

It may be noticed that nobleness Flatey Book narrative gives copperplate somewhat different but much secondary account of Thorfinn's expedition, formation both Thorvald Ericsson and Freydis undertake separate Vinland ventures - one before, the other aft, Karlsefni's enterprise - Thorvald gaze killed on his (as hoax Red Eric Saga, but pick divergent details), and Freydis site her committing atrocities upon laid back comrades, the Icelanders Helgi professor Finnbogi, which are unnoticed pull Red Eric. The latter, on the contrary, in its mention of illustriousness domestic broils which arose mirror image the women of the region in its third winter, total the score the fac to something which may conspiracy been the germ of distinction highly elaborated Freydis story newest Flatey.

On Flatey Unspoiled, Red Eric Saga and rectitude whole bibliography for the Vinland voyages, including that of Thorfinn, see Leif Ericsson and Vinland. The six Vinland voyages point toward Flatey, we may repeat, Red Eric reduces to three, comprehensively omitting the alleged voyage warning sign Biarni Heriulfsson, and grouping those of Thorvald Ericsson and Freydis with Thorfinn Karlsefni's in only great colonizing venture.

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R. B.)