1. Leif Erickson By Aaron McCulley
My name is Aaron McCulley and this is my presinintation.My explorers name is Leif
Erickson.

2. Background Information
Leif Ericson caught a polar bear.Had a wife named Thorgunna.
He had a wife named Thorgunna and he caught a polar bear when he was a kid.

3. Timeline
Born in Iceland in 960A.D son of Eric the Red.Found the new world 500 years before Columbus.1000 sailed to Norway.1001 spent the winter in Vineland returning to Greenland the following year and found North America.1020 died in Pensacola,Florida,USA.

4. Reasons for trip/who sponsored trip
King Olfa sent him to Vinland.to Explore it.
King Ofla sent him to Vinland.

5. Places he sailed/Maps
He sailed to Greenland.

6. What did your explorer find?Did he discover something new?
He discovered Greenland.And North America.

7. Difficulties
He had to stay on an island for a mouth.

8. Citation Slide
Ericson .him ship.org/orphans/Leif-1.him#