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Which Norse explorer is credited in Icelandic sagas with founding the first European settlement in Greenland?

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Correct answer: Erik the Red

Erik the Red was exiled from Iceland for manslaughter and sailed west to find a new home. He gave the icy island the appealing name 'Greenland' to entice other Norse settlers to join him. His strategy worked, leading to two major settlements that thrived for centuries before mysteriously disappearing. Photo: Arngrímur Jónsson, Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.

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