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Erik the Red (c. 950 – c. 1003) was exiled from both Norway, his homeland, and later Iceland for conduct befitting a murderous Viking. With no other choice, he set sail on a westward voyage for territoire inconnu with Leif and his two other sons. In 985 he and his ships eventually reached the south coast of Greenland to establish the first European settlement upon landing there.
In 1398 their cousin Scottish Earl Henry Sinclair (1345 – 1404) and his fleet of eighteen ships set sail for the New World. Laden with Templar treasure with 300 colonists aboard, the fleet made landfall first at Greenland before reaching Nova Scotia. A contingent of Templars later landed in Rhode Island. Newport Tower they constructed is a replica of the baptistry of Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. It is the only visible footprint of the Templar’s 14th-century presence in North America since only the footings of Sinclair Castle remain in Nova Scotia. The castle was constructed by the Earl and his Templar brethren.
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agnatic descendant of Sigge “Odin” Fridulfsson of Asgard (50 BC – 30 AD) 1st King of Scandinavia
SOURCES
Erik the Red: The Norse Explorer who Settled Greenland
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Evidence of Vikings in North America
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Erik the Red:The Saga of Viking Greenland
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Eric the Red and Leif the Lucky
Leif Eriksson (On My Own Biography)
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Steven Wood Collins (1952 – ) Antiquarian, Genealogist, Novelist