Leif Erikson's Voyage to Vinland

Timeline

1. c. 1000Brattahlíð, Greenland · GreenlandAfter being urged to convert to Christianity by King Olaf I of Norway, Leif Erikson organized a fleet that sailed west from the Viking settlement in Greenland, intending to find lands that Bjarni Herjólfsson had glimpsed but never landed on.
2. c. 1000Vinland · Newfoundland and LabradorThe fleet passed through coastal areas such as Helluland and Markland before finally landing at Vinland and setting up a temporary camp. The sagas describe the land as rich in resources with relatively mild winters, where the explorers overwintered and gathered timber and grapes (or berries).
3. c. 1000–1002Greenland · GreenlandAfter completing the voyage, Leif returned to Greenland with timber and spread news of Vinland to the community. His brother Thorvald and later Thorfinn Karlsefni organized larger-scale colonization efforts, but the Vinland settlement could not be sustained long-term, and Viking activity in North America faded within about a century.