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Thorfinn Karlsefni

[ thawr-fin kahrl-sev-nee ]

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  1. 980–after 1007, Icelandic navigator, explorer, and leader of early colonizing expedition to Vinland, in North America.

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Thorfinn Karlsefni, and his unsuccessful attempt to found a colony in Vinland, 1007-10.

This western version is the one which has generally been printed under the title, "Saga of Thorfinn Karlsefni."

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