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Bjarni Herjólfsson (abt. 940)

Bjarni Herjólfsson
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Biography

The Birth Date is a rough estimate. See the text for details.
Notables Project
Bjarni Herjólfsson is Notable.

Norseman Bjarni, son of Herjólfr (Herjólfsson), blown off course on a voyage from Iceland to Greenland in 986, is the first documented European to sail the coastal waters of Canada.[1][2][3]

Research Notes

Birthyear is an estimated date from Íslendingabók. (Thorisdottir-4 10:56, 20 June 2021 (UTC))

Sources

  1. Parias l.-H., Histoire universelle des explorations, en 4 volumes, éditions Nouvelle Librairie de France, Paris, 1959, tome 2, p. 298.
  2. The Dictionary of Canadian Biography: Bjarni Herjólfsson
  3. Wikipedia: Bjarni Herjólfsson

Other Sources

  • Keneva Kunz, trans, "[Bjarni Herjolfsson in] The Saga of the Greenlanders" in The Sagas of Icelanders: A Selection, preface by Jane Smiley, introduction by Robert Kellogg, (New York, London, Victoria (Australia), Toronto, Auckland: The Penguin Group, 2000), 636-652. Notes: Translations first published in "The Complete Sagas of Icelanders," volumes I-V (forty-nine tales), Leifur Eiriksson Publishing, Ltd., Iceland, 1997.
  • Website Alan’s Mysterious World: The Viking Discovery of North America
See Also:
  • Íslendingabók: Herjólfur Bárðarson Fæddur (910) Bjó á Drepstokki á Eyrarbakka. Fór þaðan til Grænlands og settist að á Herjólfsnesi. Frændi Ingólfs Arnarsonar.
  • Guðni Jónsson bjó til prentunar: Landnámabók; Útg. Íslendingasagnaútgáfan, Reykjavík 1946-1949: 35. kafli - Herjólfur hét maður Bárðarson, Herjólfssonar, frændi Ingólfs landnámamanns. Þeim Herjólfi gaf Ingólfur land á milli vogs og Reykjaness.Herjólfur hinn yngri fór til Grænlands, þá er Eiríkur hinn rauði byggði landið. Herjólfur nam Herjólfsfjörð og bjó á Herjólfsnesi; hann var hinn göfgasti maður.
  • Guðni Jónsson bjó til prentunar: Grænlendinga saga; Útg. Íslendingasagnaútgáfan, Reykjavík 1946-1949: Herjúlfur var Bárðarson Herjúlfssonar. Hann var frændi Ingólfs landnámamanns. Þeim Herjúlfi gaf Ingólfur land á milli Vogs og Reykjaness. Herjúlfur bjó fyrst á Drepstokki. Þorgerður hét kona hans en Bjarni son þeirra og var hinn efnilegsti maður.




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