ليف ايرڪسن: جي ورجائن ۾ تفاوت

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'''ليف ايرڪسن''' {{ٻيا نالا|انگريزي='''Leif Erikson'''}}، ({{c.}} 970 – ت. 1020) [[گرين لينڊ]] سان تعلق رکندڙ [[نورسمين|نورسي]] [[وائي ڪنگ ڦهلاءُ|ڳوليندڙ]] (سياح) هو.<ref name="vis1"/> هي پهريون يورپي ماڻهو سمجهيو ويندو آهي جنهن [[ڪرسٽوفر ڪولمبس]] کان پهرين [[اتر آمريڪا]] تي قدم رکيو.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/erikson_leif.shtml | title = Leif Erikson (11th century) | publisher = BBC | accessdate = 20 November 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/10/151011-columbus-day-leif-erikson-italian-americans-holiday-history/|title=Why Do We Celebrate Columbus Day and Not Leif Erikson Day?|publisher=''[[National Geographic (magazine)|National Geographic]]''|date=11 October 2015|accessdate=12 October 2015}}</ref> According to the [[Sagas of Icelanders]], he established a [[Norse colonization of the Americas|Norse settlement]] at [[Vinland]], tentatively identified with the Norse [[L'Anse aux Meadows]] on the northern tip of [[Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland]] in modern-day [[Canada]]. Later [[archaeological]] evidence suggests that Vinland may have been the areas around the [[Gulf of St. Lawrence]] and that the L'Anse aux Meadows site was a ship repair station.