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Thor⋅finn Karl⋅sef⋅ni

  [thawr-fin -kahrl-sev-nee]
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980–after 1007, Icelandic navigator, explorer, and leader of early colonizing expedition to Vinland, in North America.
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Thor·finn Karl·sef·ni   (thôr'fĭn kärl'sěv-nē)   
Icelandic navigator and explorer of the northeast coast of North America.
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Thorfinn Karlsefni

Icelandic-born Scandinavian leader of an early colonizing expedition to North America. His travels were recounted in the Saga of Erik and the Tale of the Greenlanders

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Thorfinn Karlsefni

Icelandic-bornIcelandic-born Scandinavian leader of an early colonizing expedition to North America. His travels were recounted in the Saga of Erik and the Tale of the Greenlanders

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