Snæbjörn galti
id:
sn-bj-rn-galti-251-8273445
title:
Snæbjörn galti
text:
Snæbjörn galti Hólmsteinsson was the first Norseman to intentionally navigate to Greenland, doing so in 978 CE. His voyage followed the accidental discovery of lands west of Iceland by Gunnbjörn Ulfsson, probably in the early 10th century. According to records from the time, Galte led the first attempt to colonize the eastern coast of Greenland. However his effort ended with disaster and he was killed in internal strife. There had been a saga about the voyage of Snæbjörn, but it has been lost ov
brand slug:
wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Norwegian explorer
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sn%C3%A6bj%C3%B6rn_galti
date created:
date modified:
2023-07-27T19:25:05Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q2712015","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2712015"}
image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/Christian_Krohg_-_Leiv_Eirikson_discovering_America_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg","width":6912,"height":4594}
fields total:
13
integrity:
15