Almost nothing is known about Thorstein's life. According to the Vinland Sagas, Erik the Red settled in Greenland around 986 with his wife and three grown sons, Leif, Thorvald and Thorstein.[1]
After Leif had sailed west from Greenland and discovered Vinland, Thorvald organized and led a second expedition to this new country. The natives, called Skraelings by the Norse, attacked Thorvald and his men. Thorvald received a fatal wound and was buried in Vinland. His crew returned to Greenland.[2]
Thorstein subsequently set sail for Vinland to retrieve his brother's body, along with his wife Gudrid. The ship was beset by bad weather and never reached Vinland. By the first week of winter they had returned to Greenland and landed at Lysufiord in the Western Settlement where they sought shelter with the families living there.[2]
That winter an epidemic swept the settlement killing Thorstein and several others.[2]
thorstein, eiriksson, this, icelandic, name, last, name, patronymic, family, name, this, person, referred, given, name, thorsteinn, Þorsteinn, norse, Þórsteinn, eiríksson, ˈθoːrˌstɛinː, ˈɛiˌriːksˌson, third, youngest, erik, almost, nothing, known, about, thors. This is an Icelandic name The last name is patronymic not a family name this person is referred to by the given name Thorsteinn or THorsteinn Thorstein Eiriksson Old Norse THorsteinn Eiriksson ˈ8oːrˌstɛinː ˈɛiˌriːksˌson was the third and youngest son of Erik the Red Almost nothing is known about Thorstein s life According to the Vinland Sagas Erik the Red settled in Greenland around 986 with his wife and three grown sons Leif Thorvald and Thorstein 1 After Leif had sailed west from Greenland and discovered Vinland Thorvald organized and led a second expedition to this new country The natives called Skraelings by the Norse attacked Thorvald and his men Thorvald received a fatal wound and was buried in Vinland His crew returned to Greenland 2 Thorstein subsequently set sail for Vinland to retrieve his brother s body along with his wife Gudrid The ship was beset by bad weather and never reached Vinland By the first week of winter they had returned to Greenland and landed at Lysufiord in the Western Settlement where they sought shelter with the families living there 2 That winter an epidemic swept the settlement killing Thorstein and several others 2 Notes edit Seaver 2000 a b c Horsford 1892 References editHorsford Eben Norton 1892 The Landfall of Leif Erikson A D 1000 Damrell and Upham pp 120 122 Thorstein Eiriksson Kolodny Annette 2012 In Search of First Contact Duke University Press pp 61 63 Rafn Charles C Leif Ericson Discovers America International World History Project Archived from the original on April 19 2005 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint unfit URL link Seaver Kirsten A January 2000 Land of Wine and Forests Mercator s World 18 Where is Vinland Great Unsolved Mysteries in Canadian History Canadian Heritage nbsp nbsp This Icelandic biographical article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Thorstein Eiriksson amp oldid 1118219204, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
