THORFINN
\θˈɔːfɪn], \θˈɔːfɪn], \θ_ˈɔː_f_ɪ_n]\
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died after 1016. He went to Greenland from Norway in 1006. According to the Sagas, in 1007 he sailed for Vinland with three ships and 16o persons, sighted Newfoundland and Nova Scotia, sailed along the New England coast and landed upon some island, where they spent the winter. The next three years were spent in a bay which some have identified with Mount Hope Bay, where they traded with the Esquimaux. They returned in 1011.
By John Franklin Jameson
